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Exhibit 6 



PHILIP MO»U9-U.8A. $TATEMSNT RISPONDINO TO 



CONGRESSMAN WAXMAN'S PRESS CONFBRfiNd 



N{ARCHI1,1M4 



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Dr. Victor D« Nobl* was m\ploy9d by Philip MonrU /rom April 1980 to 

 March 1984 as a rM^arch sdandat in tht Rcaearch and Divtlopmtnt Oapartrntnt 

 Dr. Dt Nobi« eonductid niootin^'ralatad research and concluded that nicodn* U a 

 r«iAferctr is th« daii of nasuddlctlvfl chamleal oompoundi luch u Mccharin^ or 

 watMV and that ha did not b«U«va nicotlna fit th« accepted criteria /or drug 

 • dependence. He alao concluded that nicotine telf-adminiitration cannot be viewed 

 u a form of drug "abuse" or u an "addiction." 



Contrary to the luggeitions that Dr. De Neble't research has been somehow 

 withheld from the sdentiAc community and public, w« find dozens of pubUcatiocts 

 authored by him/ including five based on hit nlcotine^related research conducted 

 while at PhiUp Morris. 



At no time did Philip Morris seek an injunction, legal or otherwise, against 

 tha puUitttion of any of Dr. De Noble's research. Ai with virtually all industries, 

 publication of researdi done while an employee must be reviewed and approved 

 prior to auch pubUation. We are aware of one instance when Dr. De Noble Med to 

 go through the Philip Morris manuscript review process and thus was told not to 

 puhliah Philip Morris researdi until completing the process. An abstract based on 

 Uiat research wu published. 



Contact: Victor Han 

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