Thomas B. Owen

Thomas B. Owen (NCI Smoking and Health Program): Plaintiff

= Biography =

Thomas Owen was the Head of National Cancer Institute's Smoking and Health Program, circa 1983. (E. Whelan 1984). Cocoa is a cigarette additive. In 1977, the National Cancer Institute reported that condensed tar from cocoa-flavored cigarettes caused more tumors in mice than did tar from unflavored cigarettes. "[C]ocoa should probably not be added to cigarettes" per Thomas Owen, head of NCI's smoking and health program (E. Whelan 1984).

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