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statement of The American Tobacco Company 



before the 



House Energy and Commerce Committee 



Subcommittee on Health and the Environment 



March 25. 1994 



THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY NICOTINE STATEMENT 



Aside from tobacco itself and federally 

 authorized use of alcohol denatured with minute amounts of 

 nicotine, The American Tobacco Company does not use 

 nicotine in the manufacture of its cigarettes. 



The only source of nicotine other than that 

 naturally occurring in tobacco is introduced from Specially 

 Denatured Alcohol No. 4 used as a solvent for flavorings. 

 SDA No. 4 is authorized for tobacco use in accordance with 

 27 Code of Federal Regulations, Alcohol, Tobacco Products 

 and Fire Arms, revised as of April 1, 1993, Section 21.118 

 and 21.38 and is denatured by the alcohol manufacturer in 

 accordance to the prescribed formula outlined in the 

 regulations. The quantity of nicotine indirectly added to 

 tobacco from use of SDA No. 4 is on the order of 3 ppm to 5 



