Bryan C. Simpson

Bryan C. Simpson was Director of the Tobacco Institute of Australia circa December 1978. He went on to become Secretary General of the global tobacco industry's organization INFOTAB, formed to coordinate global responses to public health efforts to control tobacco.

= Biography =

The Tobacco Institute of Australia was inaugurated on December 1, 1978. Prior to this time, Bryan Simpson was Chairman of the Media Accreditation Authority. Simpson also held advertising executive positions with Australian and New Zealand newspaper companies. He later went on to be Secretary General of INFOTAB.

Bryan Simpson was a consultant to the Tobacco Institute of Australia in 1989 (see Philip Morris document Bates number 2021594088/4096). The core objectives of the newly formed Institute included:


 * "to defend the industry's right to market its products without unwarranted restrictions in Australia;" to promote better understanding by decision makers and the various Australian publics of the tobacco industry and its place in the national economy;* whereever possible, to gain recognition for the beneficial aspects of smoking; and* to introduce a proper perspective on environmental hazards which have a detrimental effect on public health".(TDS: Philip Morris 1000219634/9635, http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/zsd84e00]

In his capacity as Director of the Tobacco Institute of Australia, Mr. Simpson was a speaker at the International Committee on Smoking Issues (ICOSI) Joint Meeting held in Zurich, 20-23 May, 1979. Mr Simpson's discussion was titled 'Australian Industry Public Smoking Activities' (TDS: Philip Morris 1000040887/0893, http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/kqi97e00). He served as a spokesperson for the Tobacco Institute of Australia in 1994.

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