William F. Dwyer

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{{#badges: tobaccowiki}} William F. Dwyer was Vice President of the Tobacco Institute circa 1977-1982. Term is unverified.

Bill Dwyer in a 1982 TV news interview denying the overwhelming evidence linking smoking to disease

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Biography

William F. Dwyer served as Vice President for the Tobacco Institute, Inc. 12/8/77 and 12/14/78. (UCSF Brown & Williamson, 1012.01) Dwyer denied on television the conclusions of the overwhelming scientific evidence by 1982 that cigarettes cause heart disease and lung cancer.

Tobacco industry documents

• The Cigarette Controversy A speech by William F. Dwyer Vice President of the Tobacco Institute, prepared for delivery to candidates for the graduate degree of MBA at the American University, Washington, DC, Jan. 1978

External Resources

A video clip of Dwyer in the 1982 interview pictured above can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn8RFLZyr-o

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