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The only source of nicotine, other than that naturally occurring 

 in tobacco is introduced from Specially Denatured Alcohol Number 

 4, which is used as a solvent for flavorings. SDA No. 4 is author- 

 ized for tobacco use in accordance with the 27 Code of the Federal 

 Regulations of Alcohol, Tobacco Products, and Firearms which were 

 revised as of April 1, 1993. I believe it is section 21.118 and 21.38. 

 And it is denatured by the alcohol manufacturer in accordance with 

 the prescribed formula outlined in the regulations. 



Now, the quantity of nicotine indirectly added to tobacco from 

 the use of SDA No. 4 is on the order of 3 parts per million to 5 

 parts per million, or 3 ten thousands of a percent to 5 ten thou- 

 sands of a percent by weight, which is infinitesimal in comparison 

 to the naturally occurring nicotine of tobacco blends that generally 

 contain 2 to 2.5 percent by weight. 



Further, the American Tobacco Company does manufacture re- 

 constituted tobacco by the Fourdrinier papermaking process that 

 involves separation of water soluble components from tobacco, for- 

 mation of the tobacco cellulosic sheet, and reapplication of the 

 water soluble components to the sheet that's in a continuous proc- 

 ess. American does add nicotine to this process. 



The end product is tobacco material that contains only the quan- 

 tity of water soluble components, including nicotine originally re- 

 moved from the tobacco. In practice, as I believe has already been 

 mentioned, the nicotine content of the reconstituted tobacco mate- 

 rial is approximately 4 percent less, which is owing to the process- 

 ing losses, than the nicotine content of the tobacco utilized in the 

 reconstitution process. 



The American Tobacco Company uses various types of natural to- 

 baccos, including reconstituted tobacco in the manufacture of its 

 cigarettes. The percentages of natural tobacco types and reconsti- 

 tuted tobacco vary by brand. However, after processing of tobacco 

 for cigarette manufacture, the nicotine content is on the order of 

 5 percent less than that of the various tobaccos entering into the 

 process. 



On the matter of patents, the American Tobacco Company has 

 been issued two patents, U.S. Patent Number 3428049, and Num- 

 ber 4505282 which reference the addition of materials which could 

 include tobacco extract and/or nicotine to cigarettes and an 

 innerliner wrap for a tobacco smoking article. As with any patent, 

 the language is purposely broad in scope with an objective oi cover- 

 ing a wide variety of conceptual applications which may or may not 

 be reduced to practice. 



While the American Tobacco Company has been issued such pat- 

 ents, addition of tobacco extract or nicotine to cigarette filters and 

 wrapper have never been employed in a commercial cigarette prod- 

 uct by American Tobacco. 



In summary, nicotine involved in the federally regulated and au- 

 thorized use of SDA No. 4 denatured alcohol is negligible. Nothing 

 is done in the tobacco processing or manufacture of cigarettes or fil- 

 ters by the American Tobacco Company to increase nicotine beyond 

 that which is naturally occurring in the tobacco. 



I would now like to address questions that have also been raised 

 with respect to the intent of the design of our cigarettes in relation 

 to nicotine. In 1966, the Federal Trade Commission amended its 



