BROVfN kmilAMSON 

 TOBAOOO CoiKHLATIOK 



T.I.IANDSFUI.II. 



Much 23, 1994 



The Hononble Hmry A. Waxman 

 Chairmin, Subcommittte on Health 

 and the Gnvironmeot 

 Committte oo Boagy sad Coamatt 

 2415 R&ybum Houte Office Buildin; 

 Waihin^ton, DC 20515-61 18 



Dear Mr. Chairmao: 



tiaxik you for inviting Brown & Willianson to testiiy before your subcommittee on 

 March 25, 1994. Brown A WUliamsoo will paitidptta through induitty 

 r^msentatives Mr. Charlea O. Whitley, Senior Consultant to The Tobaooo Institute, 

 and Dr. Aleunder W. Spean, m, Vice Chairman and Chief Opeiadng Officer of Uie 

 Lerillard Tobaooo Company. 



I would lilcs to comment bntELy for the record co te two anas of inquiry yoo 

 identified in yoor letter of invitatiOT: namely, a4jufting nicodne levela in the cigarttte 

 manufkcturing prooeii. and whedMr Congress should authorize the Food and Drug 

 Adminiitra^ to regulate nicotine. 



Nktitine LtvtU Im Oforftttt 



The media, together with the Ommissiooer of the Food and Drug Administration, 

 have suggested tiiat cigarette manufacturers, in the words of one r^)ort, 'cynically 

 mai^ulate nicotine Ifsvds to keq> their customen booked.' TUs coatsoticn is 

 abiurd. 



Brown & WHliamaon doea not bdieve the addiction clainu of the Surgeon Oeneral 

 and the FDA Commissioner, nor do we 'ipike* our dgaiettei wift nicotine. Our 

 cigarettes oootain lees nicotine than the tobacco we use to manuftcnirp them. The 

 manuftctuiing process and its effect regarding nicotitte will be described In greater 

 ddaU in testimony before your Subcommittee by industry rq>retentaHve8. But I 

 r^>eat wc do not '^iJce' our dgaiettes with nicotine, and cigarettes never contain 

 more nioodne tiian the tobaooo we use to ttaJm tbem. 



