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on the statement that cigarettes are not addictive. Let me tell you 

 about my father's death from emphysema. His death was not the 

 bad part. His life was the real horror story. My earliest childhood 

 memories include hearing my dad's persistent and constant hack- 

 ing cough, watching him continually spit up phlegm into a coffee 

 can which he had by his side 24 hours a day." 



She writes, "I also remember my dad being in the hospital once 

 or twice each year for a lengthy stay while his lungs were being 

 pumped of the poisons from nicotine. My m.ost vivid memories were 

 my dad's unforgettable words of despair. Not one day went by 

 when he didn't say 'I know these damned cigarettes are killing me, 

 but I can't quit.' I remember his being under the oxygen tent and 

 begging for a cigarette." 



She concludes by saying "My dad never got the chance to meet 

 his three grandchildren and he died with a cigarette in his hand." 



Were you aware, Mr. Johnston, that your cigarette caused this 

 kind of misery for the McLaughlin family and for hundreds of thou- 

 sands of families like them each year? 



Mr. James Johnston. Mr. Congressman, I am sorry to hear 

 about the McLaughlin family's situation. I do not believe that Mr. 

 McLaughlin was addicted to cigarettes. My mother has diabetes. 

 When we talked about all those other substances that aren't harm- 

 ful, sugar is perhaps killing my mother. I have talked to her. I 

 have begged her. I have pleaded with her to stay away from sugar. 



In the end, she makes that choice, knowing everything she 

 knows about the risks of diabetes, having all the encouragement 

 from her son and her daughters. She makes that choice. 



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