[' ', 'Media', 'Relations', 'June', '1989', 'page', '3', 'The', 'Environmental', 'Protection', 'Agency', '(EPA)', 'released', 'a', '“Fact', 'Sheet"', 'on', 'ETS.', 'Based', 'on', 'comments', 'TI', 'had', 'submitted', 'to', 'EPA', 'on', 'a', 'draft', 'version', 'last', 'fall,', 'we', 'developed', 'a', 'strong', 'response', 'to', 'the', 'document.', 'The', 'final', 'version,', 'released', 'first', 'through', 'a', 'leak', 'to', 'USA', 'Today,', 'did', 'not', 'receive', 'much', 'press', 'attention.', 'Given', 'the', 'lack', 'of', 'substantial', 'media', 'attention,', 'The', 'Institute’s', 'response', 'was', 'distributed', 'selectively', 'so', 'as', 'not', 'to', 'draw', 'additional', 'attention.', 'The', 'Institute', 'also', 'responded', 'directly', 'to', 'USA', "Today's", 'editor', 'and', 'the', 'reporter', 'who', 'covered', 'the', 'EPA', 'story.', 'Efforts', 'to', 'work', 'with', 'the', 'paper', 'are', 'ongoing.', 'Larry', 'Holcomb', 'responded', 'when', 'a', 'researcher', 'from', 'the', 'Roswell', 'Park', 'Memorial', 'Institute', 'released', 'findings', 'of', 'a', 'recent', 'study', 'measuring', 'nonsmoker', 'exposure', 'to', 'ETS', 'to', 'the', 'press', 'prior', 'to', 'publication', 'in', 'support', 'of', 'the', 'New', 'York', 'State', 'smoking', 'restriction', 'bill.', 'Holcomb’s', 'sharply', 'worded', 'response,', 'indicating', 'that', 'there', 'is', 'no', 'substantial', 'evidence', 'that', 'exposure', 'to', 'nicotine', 'is', 'linked', 'in', 'any', 'way', 'to', 'adverse', 'health', 'effects', 'and', 'noting', 'the', 'researchers’', 'unprofessional', 'conduct,', 'was', 'distributed', 'to', 'all', 'news', 'outlets', 'identified', 'as', 'having', 'covered', 'the', 'story.', 'A', 'rolodex', 'card,', 'outlining', 'information', 'on', 'TI’s', 'media', 'program,', 'was', 'distributed', 'in', 'a', 'mailing', 'to', 'more', 'than', '15,000', 'journalists', 'and', 'editors', 'at', 'print', 'and', 'broadcast', 'outlets.', 'The', 'card', 'and', 'cover-letter', 'reinforce', 'TI’s', 'availability', 'to', 'comment', 'on', 'tobacco-related', 'stories.', 'Staff', 'participated', 'in', '52', 'broadcast', 'interviews,', '111', 'print', 'interviews,', 'responded', 'to', '331', 'information', 'requests', 'from', 'the', 'public', 'and', 'media', 'and', 'made', '101', 'media', 'relations', 'contacts', 'in', 'June.', 'In', 'other', 'activities', 'this', 'month,', 'staff', 'gave', 'speeches', 'to', 'the', 'Burley', 'Auction', 'Warehouse', 'Association’s', 'Annual', 'Meeting', 'and', 'moderated', 'a', '"Tobacco', 'and', 'the', '101st', 'Congress"', 'Seminar', 'sponsored', 'by', 'Philip', 'Morris', 'and', 'the', 'Council', 'for', 'Burley', 'Tobacco.', 'Additionally,', 'staff', 'attended', 'a', 'reception', 'and', 'the', 'board', 'meeting', 'for', 'the', 'Radio', 'and', 'Television', 'News', 'Directors’', 'Association', '(RTNDA)', 'in', 'Washington,', 'D.C.', 'and', 'wrote', 'an', 'article', 'for', 'the', 'Ohio', 'Tobacco', 'and', 'Candy', 'Distributors', 'Association.', 'CONFIDENTIAL:', 'MINNESOTA', 'TOBACCO', 'LITIGATION', 'TIMN', '337583']