['The', 'Members', 'of', 'the', 'Executive', 'Committee', 'September', '19,', '1994', 'Page', 'Two', 'Dear', 'stated', 'that', 'a', 'majority', 'of', 'written', 'comments', 'submitted', 'to', 'OSHA', 'were', 'opposed', 'to', 'the', 'proposed', 'rulemaking,', 'but', 'noted', 'that', '75', 'percent', 'of', 'responses', 'to', 'the', '1992', 'Request', 'for', 'Information', 'were', 'supportive', 'of', 'limits', 'on', 'smoking.', 'The', 'second', 'press', 'conference,', 'sponsored', 'by', 'the', 'Coalition', 'on', 'Smoking', 'OR', 'Health,', 'was', 'led', 'by', 'Fran', 'Du', 'Melle', 'of', 'the', 'American', 'Lung', 'Association.', 'Du', 'Melle', 'was', 'joined', 'by', 'Alfred', 'Munzer,', 'M.D.,', 'past', 'president', 'of', 'the', 'ALA;', 'Dr.', 'Robert', 'Zullo,', 'of', 'Merck', 'and', 'Company,', 'which', 'banned', 'smoking', 'in', '1989;', 'and', 'by', 'John', 'Pinney,', 'former', 'director', 'of', 'the', 'Office', 'on', 'Smoking', 'and', 'Health,', 'now', 'a', 'consultant', 'to', 'companies', 'considering', 'smoking', 'bans.', 'Two', 'nonsmokers', 'claiming', 'injuries', 'from', 'workplace', 'exposure', 'to', 'tobacco', 'smoke', 'also', 'spoke.', 'Du', 'Melle', 'and', 'other', 'participants', 'praised', 'the', 'OSHA', 'proposal,', 'stating', 'that', 'the', 'tobacco', 'industry’s', 'call', 'for', 'accommodation', 'of', 'both', 'smokers', 'and', 'nonsmokers', 'was', '"no', 'longer', 'acceptable."', 'A', 'poll', 'indicating', '54', 'percent', 'of', 'Americans', 'favor', 'a', 'complete', 'ban', 'on', 'smoking', 'in', 'public', 'places', 'was', 'cited.', 'The', 'tobacco', 'industry’s', 'press', 'conference', 'was', 'led', 'by', 'The', 'Tobacco', 'Institute’s', 'Brennan', 'Dawson.', 'Also', 'appearing', 'were', 'Richard', 'Carchman,', 'Ph.D.,', 'Director', 'of', 'Scientific', 'Affairs,', 'Philip', 'Morris,', 'U.S.A.,', 'and', 'Patrick', 'Tyson,', 'Esq.,', 'a', 'former', 'OSHA', 'Administrator.', 'Dawson', 'described', 'the', 'practical', 'implications', 'of', 'OSHA’s', 'proposal,', 'noting', 'that', 'it', '“virtually', 'guarantees', 'a', 'national', 'smoking', 'ban"', 'despite', 'business', 'and', 'public', 'opposition', 'to', 'such', 'a', 'measure.', 'Dr.', 'Carchman', 'said', 'that', 'OSHA', 'had', '"used', 'bad', 'science,', 'and', 'used', 'it', 'badly"', 'and', 'provided', 'examples.', 'Tyson', 'recounted', 'the', 'legal', 'problems', 'with', 'the', 'Agency’s', 'proposal', 'and', 'said', 'that', 'the', 'Agency', 'has', 'handled', 'ETS', 'in', 'an', 'unprecedented', 'fashion', 'that', 'does', 'not', 'agree', 'with', 'OSHA’s', 'authority.', 'Background', 'materials', 'and', 'transcripts', 'from', 'today’s', 'press', 'conferences', 'are', 'available', 'at', 'your', 'request.', 'I', 'will', 'report', 'to', 'you', 'on', 'the', 'opening', 'day', 'of', 'the', 'OSHA', 'public', 'hearing', 'and', 'will', 'keep', 'you', 'informed', 'of', 'significant', 'major', 'developments', 'as', 'the', 'hearing', 'proceeds.', 'SDC:', 'cjy', 'ce:', 'The', 'Members', 'of', 'the', 'Management', 'Committee', 'TI', 'Senior', 'Staff', 'CONFIDENTIAL.', 'TOBACCO', 'LITIGATION', 'TICT', '0008017']