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Throughout the entire manufacturing process, the product and 

 process are carefully monitored to ensure adherence to U.S. 

 Tobacco's high standards of manufacturing practices and product 

 quality. 



General Claims Regarding Addiction and Nicotine Manipulation 



At the March 25th hearing, Dr. David Kessler and others 

 charged that tobacco products are highly addictive, and that 

 tobacco manufacturers may intentionally manipulate or control the 

 amount of nicotine in their products for the purpose of creating 

 and maintaining dependence on tobacco products among their 

 consumers. 



The Addiction Claim 



The assertion that smokeless tobacco use can be addictive is 

 without merit. In this day and age, people claim to be addicted 

 to a wide variety of things — to work, to sweets, to video games 

 — when in fact they are describing settled practices or habits. 

 The fact of the matter is that tobacco use, like many other 

 routinely repeated activities in life, involves a wide array of 

 diverse psychological and physical factors that elude scientific 

 explanation. When confronted with such a lack of understanding. 



