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In the course of conducting my independent investigation I inspected 

 Philip Morris facilities in the Richmond, Virginia area including the two 

 plants where reconstituted tobacco sheets are prepared, the Flavor 

 Center responsible for the ingredients added to cigarettes and the 

 Cigarette Manufacturing Center. 



I wish to emphasize that I had complete autonomy in conducting 

 the investigation and directed that I be given access to comprehensive 

 information and data regarding Philip Morris tobacco processing and 

 manufacturing. My investigation focused on several key questions: 



(1) nicotine in tobacco processing; 



(2) 



what processing aids and ingredients were being added 

 during the various stages of tobacco processing and 

 manufacturing; 



(3) determining which processing aids or ingredients contained 

 nicotine and. if so, how much; 



(4) the nicotine content in various finished products; and 



(5) how much of the nicotine in the finished product came 

 from the raw tobacco and how much nicotine, if any was 

 added. 



