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manufacturer with small amounts of nicotine. The use of nicotine 

 as a denaturant for alcohol which is to be used in the processing 

 and manufacturing of tobacco products is specifically approved by 

 the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (see 27 CFR 21.38). 

 The amount of nicotine that might be contributed to a U.S. 

 Tobacco smokeless tobacco product through the use of denatured 

 alcohol in the manufacturing process is so minuscule as to be 

 unmeasurable by standard laboratory methodologies. 



Claims Regarding U.S. Tobacco 



At the hearing held by this Subcommittee on March 25, 1994, 

 Dr. Connolly made a series of claims regarding U.S. Tobacco that 

 may be summarized as follows: 



1. Allegation that U.S. Tobacco has conducted 

 proprietary "in-house" scientific research on the 

 pharmacological properties of nicotine, and has used that 

 knowledge to create and maintain dependence on its smokeless 

 tobacco products among consumers; 



2. Allegation that U.S. Tobacco developed Skoal 

 Bandits to target cigarette smokers aged 15 to 35 years of 

 age ; and 



