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Philip
Morris's Project Sunrise:
Weakening tobacco control by working with it
Patricia A. McDaniel,
Elizabeth A. Smith, and Ruth E. Malone
Tobacco Control 2006;15:215-223.
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This study analyzed internal tobacco
industry documents to investigate the implications of
Philip Morris USA's overtures toward tobacco control and
other public health organizations, 1995-2006. Project
Sunrise laid out an explicit divide-and-conquer strategy
against the tobacco control movement, proposing the
establishment of relationships with PM-identified
"moderate" tobacco control individuals and
organizations and the marginalization of others.
McDaniel, et al., demonstrate that PM planned to use
"carefully orchestrated efforts" to exploit
existing differences of opinion within tobacco control,
weakening its opponents by working with them. This
paper, and the accompanying PowerPoint slide presentation,
gives evidence that these plans were implemented.
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| Initial
Strategy |
The following is an early Project
Sunrise presentation, apparently authored by vice
president of corporate affairs, Ellen Merlo. In it, she
provides the rationale for a comprehensive 10-20 year PM
strategy to increase the social acceptability of
smoking. She recommends focusing on 4 different areas:
- assuring places to smoke, such as
"smokeasies," and public and work place
lounges
- creating visible role models who
smoke
- celebrating smoking rituals (e.g.,
in books and movies)
- creating smoking implements (i.e.,
paraphernalia that make smoking more ubiquitous)
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Mission. May 1995
(est.) Philip Morris. Bates No. 2044341638/1676.
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/etf36e00 |
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| Development
and Direction of Project Sunrise |
These presentations outline the
development and direction of Project Sunrise. They
include descriptions of four future scenarios (e.g.
"Mostly Sunny," "Avalanche") that
Sunrise planners used to develop strategies to improve
the social acceptability of smoking (see http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lqe95c00
for more details on each scenario).
Based on these scenarios, three overriding goals were
identified:
1) choice (assuring that smoking
remained a personal choice);
2) pleasure (reclaiming the pleasures of smoking);
3) place (ensuring that smokers had high quality
places to smoke, with minimal second-hand
smoke and cigarette litter).
The team recommended seven broad
strategies to achieve these goals:
1) proactively deal with tobacco
control advocates
2) expand the smoking experience
3) create connections with smokers
4) assure smoking places
5) minimize environmental tobacco smoke
6) promote values that support smoking
7) position PM as reasonable
Strategy #1 came to be called "Fair
Play."
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Merlo, E. Ellen
Merlo. May 1997 (est.) Philip Morris. Bates No.
2078018804/8935
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/pfx75c00 |
[Presentation of
Research and Recommendations.] Oct 1999 (est.) Philip
Morris.
Bates No. 2078018410/8475
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/sex75c00 |
Spector, J. Mostly
Sunny. Oct 1999 (est.) Philip Morris. Bates No.
2078018477/8495
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/tex75c00 |
Laufer, D. New Game.
Oct 1999 (est.) Philip Morris. Bates No. 2078018498/8537
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/uex75c00 |
Gee, E. Bladerunner
Scenario. Oct 1999 (est.) Philip Morris. Bates No.
2078018559/8578
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wex75c00 |
Beane, T. Avalanche
Scenario. Oct 1999 (est.) Philip Morris. Bates No.
2078018539/8557
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/vex75c00 |
Lund,
N. Revised Strategy and Actions Presentation. Oct 1999
(est.) Philip Morris.
Bates No. 2078018589/8666
Available: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/yex75c00 |
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Original
article located at:
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/research/doc_research_sunrise.jsp

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© 1993-2012 Texas Statewide Tobacco Education & Prevention - H.
M. Hancock, III - Director
All Rights Reserved.
Texas
Statewide Tobacco Education & Prevention Institute
P.O. Box 1328, San Marcos, Texas, 78667-1328
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