Mr. Victor Han

Victor Han
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Victor Han was Director of Communcations for Philip Morris Worldwide Regulatory Affairs office circa 1993-95.He was appointed Vice President of WRA in 1995, and was reported to Steve Parrish.Mr. Han directed strategy and implementation of internal and external communications.He also worked for Philip Morris Corporate Affairs.

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Biography

Victor Han joined Philip Morris in 1991.Prior to joining PM, worked with Burson & Marsteller.

Mr. Han gave a deposition on 3/16/95, 6/9/95 and 6/27/95 that was 554 pages long for the Philip Morris v. ABC case.Mr. Han also worked for Philip Morris USA Corporate Affairs.Vic Han vigorously defends the company's right to make and sell its products.Yet he refuses to smoke when his two young daughters are around - not because he believes second-hand smoke is harmful, but because he doesn't want them to pick up the habit."Certainly I don't want my kids to smoke," he says."As a parent I want to take as many risks out of their lives as I possibly can."Han has been smoking since he was 15 or 16, enjoys cigarettes, pipes and cigars."I like the taste, I like the way they smell, I like the rituals," he says.

Victor Han

Victor Han, Philip Morris Director of Communications, Worldwide Affairs 1997

"Enclosed is the redraft of the advocacy groups research project," David McCloud wrote on January 16, 1996 to Victor Han, the PM Vice President for External Affairs.

In September 1993, APCO President Margery Kraus sent a memo to Philip Morris Communications Director Vic Han.

A January 13, 1993 Philip Morris memo, from the files of Victor Han, Director of Communications for Philip Morris, describes the threat of the EPA findings to the tobacco industry and sets out the company's media strategy.

In September 1993, APCO President Margery Kraus sent a memo to Philip Morris Communications Director Vic Han.

"This is going to go on for a long time," said Victor Han, vice president of corporate communications for Philip Morris."We expect people to be skeptical."Philip Morris officials know that it will take a long time to erase years of bad press."I think we had a bunker mentality for too long.We got out of step with American society," Han remarked.He also said that the company surveyed its 144,000 work force worldwide and found that they weren't able to escape the negative perceptions of the company."It was unfair for them to be tagged the way they were," Han argued.