Pamela Allen

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Pamela Allen was a Senior Reproduction Toxicologist at the Research and Consulting Company AG (RCC), in Switzerland. Formerly she had held similar positions at Smith, Kline & French Research Ltd., UK, and Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research Division.

Also at SKF Research were George Leslie and Graham Betton, who along with Allen, later formed the second tobacco industry WhiteCoats organisation known in the UK as Associates for Research on Indoor Air or ARIA.

Members of this group claimed to be 'independent scientists' expressing their own opinions, but in fact they were undercover lobbyists who needed to be trained in the basic science of Indoor Air Quality determination and the problems of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS).
  They were actually disinformation experts and scientific influence-peddlers for the tobacco industry who were paid to attend and speak at scientific meetings, conferences, media briefings, and appear as well-paid witnesses in legal cases.
  The tobacco industry created a number of these fake scientific associations in different regions (initially Philip Morris) with the help of law-firm Covington & Burling and the scientific recruiting agency, the Weinberg Group. ARIA provide these contracted ETS scientists (called WhiteCoats) with credibility and cover.

WhiteCoats Orgs.
IAPAG   (Nth America)
ARIA   (UK & Europe)
IAI, IAIAQ & ISBE
EGIL   (Scandanavia)
EMIES (E Med/N.Africa)
ARTIST   (S.E. Asia)
AAOH SCIA (Asia)
APTRC   (East Asia)
APAIAQ (Asia-Pacific)

The organisational name implied a true research association with interests much wider than just passive smoking problems which took the focus of suspicion from tobacco. The member often joined forces to peer-review each other's studies, and the organisation sometimes laundered payments to the individual members. It was run by George B Leslie, and Professor Roger Perry of Imperial College London.


Documents & Timeline

• Pam Allen is listed as "ARIA Consultant and SCS Consultant (consultants for Philip Morris)" in Philip Morris Glossary of names [2]


1990 Oct /E Activity Report of the Corporate Affairs division, Philip Morris International.

Closed and Controlled Conferences run by Philip Morris (1989-1992)
[See document for details]

Court cases. Commissions etc

  Three witnesses gave evidence in Australia. Others made written submissions
  Two consultants gave evidence before the Magnusson Commission in Sweden
  Seven consultants submitted written opinions to the EPA, one is to appear before the SAB.
  Our consultants assisted in the preparation of two submissions to the House of Commons Environment Committee hearing on IAQ.

[Attached to this report is this long list of consultants who supplied witness and disinformation services (via ARIA/EGIL etc, and direct) to the tobacco industry in Europe and the Middle East.
[They also ran the separate and secret whitecoats program through Covington & Burling]

  PHILIP MORRIS'S EUROPEAN & MIDDLE EAST CONSULTANTS  
AUSTRIA Prof H AltmanVienna Toxicology
BELGIUMDr Albert BarBrusselsToxicology
DENMARK
 
 
Prof K Grunert
Dr F Kissmeyer-Nielsen
Dr T Voss
Aarhus
Arhus
Fredrikevaerk
Advertising
Clinical Immunology
Medicine
DUBAI Dr A GarnerDubaiOccupational Medicine
EGYPT
 
Prof Ahmed Massoud
Prof Aly Massoud
Cairo
Cairo
Architect
Occupational Medicine
FINLAND
 
 
Prof Juhani Janne
Prof T Ronnemaa
Olof Selroos
Kuoplo
Helsinki
Helsinki
Biochemistry
Environmenal Sciences
Respiratory Medicine
FRANCE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dr D Bienfait
Guy Crepat
JC Descotes
Pierre Dusserre
Prof John Faccini
Dr Andre Fave
Roland Fritsch
Jacques Gandemer
Pro P Guisnet
Jean-Pierre Mouillot
Prof Andre Rico
Prof G Tymen
Prof Alain Viala
Marne la Vailee
Dijon
Lyon
Dijon
Biere
Paris
Dijon
Nantes
Lille
Champs Marne
Toulouse
Brest
Marsellies
Building Engineering
Biology & Reproduction
Environmental Sciences
Toxicology
Pathology
Toxicology
Communications
Building Engineering
Occupational Medicine
Building Engineering
Toxicology
Radon
Pharmacology
GERMANY
 
 
 
Dr P Atteslander
Reinhold Bergler
Dr GS Neurath
Prof B Schneider
Augsburg
Bonn
Hamburg
Hannover
Epidemiology
Advertising
Chemistry & Pharma
[Statistics]
GREECE
 
Prof V Bazas
Dr E Tsani-Bazaca
Athens
Athens
[not specified]
[not specified]
HUNGARY
 
 
 
Prof G Kendrey
Prof K Lapis
Dr J Moldvay
Prof B Szende
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Budapest
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology
Pathology
IRELAND
 
Dr T Meenaghan
Dr Petr Skrabank
Dublin
Dublin
Advrtising
Toxicology
ITALY
 
 
Dr Angelo Cerioli
Prof G LoJacono
Prof L Manzo
Castelleone
Rome
Pavia
Toxicology
[not specified]
Toxicology
NETHERL'DS
 
Prof T Poiesz
Prof WF van Raaij
Tilburg
Leiden
Ad.psychology/Consumers
Economics & Advertising
NORWAYProf Odd Nilsen Tronthelm Toxicology
PORTUGALProf JJ Amaral-Mendes Lisbon[not specified]
SWEDEN
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kjell Anderson
Prof Sune Larsson
Torbjorn Malmfors
Bo Mikaelsson
Prof D Thorburn
Arne Westlin
Prof Lars A Werko
Orebro
Huddinge
Stockholm
Sundeval
Stockholm
Vallingby
Stockholm
Occupational Medicine
Toxicology
Toxicology
Pulmonary medicine
Statistician
Occupational Medicine
Cardiovascular medicine
SWITZERLAND Dr Pam Allen BaselReproductive Toxicology
UNITED KINGDOM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PH Appleby
Dr Alan Armigage
Dr David Bowyer
Dr GR Betton
Dr Robert Brown
Charles Caliendi
Dr John Dilley
Dr JH Edwards
Dr E Field
Dr Austin J Gardiner
Prof John Gorrod
Prof B Halliwell
Dr J Hoskins
Peter Lee
George B Leslie
Dr Len Levy
Dr Ross Lorimer
Frank Lunau
Dr A Markham
Dr B Martin
Prof A Milner
Dr Paul Nicholls
Prof Patrick O'Sullivan
Prof Roger Perry
Dr A Poole
Dr Francis JC Roe
Prof J Sneddon
Dr CE Steele
Frank Sullivan
Dr Hugh BC Thomas
Dr D Tyrell
MJ Waterson
Prof DF Max Weetman
Dr B Young
London
Harrowgate
Cambridge
London
Redhill
Harfield Herts
Caine Wiltshire
Cardiff
Oxted Surrey
Aldrie Scotland
London
London
Carshalton
Sutton
Biggleswade
Birmingham
Glasgow
K-on-Thames
Sunderland
London
London
Cardiff
London
London
[not specified]
London
Sunderland
[not specified]
London
Sheffield
Salisbury
Henley
Sunderland
Exeter
Architecture
Reg Toxicology/Pharma
[not specified]
Pathology
Toxicology
Aeronautics
Occupational medicine
Respiratory Toxicology
Occupational Medicine
Respiratory physician
Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Respiratory Toxicology
Stats & Epidemiology
Toxicology
Occupational health
Physician/Cardiologist
Occupational hygiene
Biochemical Pharma.
Sociology
Pediatrics
Biochemistry.Pharma
Architect
Pub.Health Engineering
Toxicology
Pathologist
Phamacology
Reproductive Toxicology
Repro. Pharmacology
Psychiatry
Respiratory Virology
Advertising
Pharmacology
Advertising [3]

1992 Jan 20 - Feb 7 Gordon Leslie on behalf of ARIA is billing Philip Morris (via C&B) for "fees for professional services on consulting work" This is for expenses and fees at the IAI Athens Conference (in UK pounds):
[Some of the information has been redacted.]
  • Professional Services     [REDACTED]
  • Transport and car mileage     -- £ 446.30
  • Atheneaum Meals               -- £ 328.85
  • Hotel and Conference Registration--£19,177.00
  • Payment to (organizing) consultants   -- £22,403.21
    [Individual payments to consultants were redacted]
  • Miscellaneous expenses         -- about £10,000

The primary (organization) consultants are listed as AR Lorimer, AD Milner, DF Weetman, AJS Gardiner, P Allen, J Gorod, LS Levy, FW Lunau and J Dilley.

The registration fees for the Conference (picked up by ARIA, and paid by PM via C&B) was £270 per person, with some surcharges of £110, One fee was down to £145 [presumable subsidy for East European consultancies] Some additional names, not known as tobacco scientists, were included in this Registration payment list -- despite ARIA paying -- in total £ 15,055.

These ARIA/EGIL members have also been given IAI Subscriptions worth about £62 each, or in total, £ 3,460.
Pamela Allen
Swiss toxicologist
Prof Hans Altmann
Austrian toxicologist
Alan K Armitage
UK toxicologist (Hazleton)
B Bazas
D Bienfait M Borzsonyi RC Brown A Cerioli
Guy Crepat J Descotes J Dilley J Faccini
A FaveR Frisch AJS Gardiner J Gorrod
J Green P Guisnet J Hoskins MV Johl
G Krstic S Larsson PN Lee GN Leslie
L S Levy C E ListerA R Lorimer F W Lunau
Torbjorn Malmfors L Manzo B Martin A Massoud
A A Massoud J McCormick Bo Mikaelson A D Milner
J Munby P J Nicholls Odd Nilsen P E O'Sullivan
Prof.Roger Perry D Petras A Rico Francis JC Roe
F Rosendaal B Schneider O Selroos P Skrabanek
P Sobotka A Spurgeon F Sullivan D Thorburn
G Tymen A Viala T Voss D F Weetman
L Werko A Westlin.
Lawyer John Rupp of C&B has claimed professional fees for 14 days miscellaneous work for ARIA, IAI, etc. in London, Lisbon, Rotterdam and Athens during February. His personal expenses total £ 6,920 including a visa for Egypt. [4]