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I believe that except for the markings that have been added, this 

 is the same graph that you submitted to the subcommittee on 

 March 25. Dr. Spears, is that correct? 



Mr. Spears. Yes. This is a graph that I submitted to the hearing 

 on March 25. 



Mr. Kreidler. According to the notation at the bottom of the 

 graph, the bulk of this graph, including the years from 1956 to 

 1987, is drawn from the Surgeon General's 1989 report on smoking, 

 which charts nicotine levels based on the FTC data. Is that correct? 



Mr. Spears. This chart is basically a replication of a chart in the 

 Surgeon Greneral's report extrapolated to 1990. I don't remember 

 exactly where the chart stopped in the Surgeon General's report. 



Mr. Kreidler. The Surgeon General's 1989 chart is Exhibit No. 

 17. I believe this is essentially the same as the Philip Morris chart 

 number two. I'd like to put both charts in the record at this point, 

 if I might, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Waxman. Without objection, they will be received for the 

 record. 



Mr. Kreidler. Dr. Spears, in our last hearing, you used this 

 chart to contradict FDA Commissioner David Kessler who had sug- 

 gested that in recent years nicotine levels in cigarettes are going 

 up. 



Now that we have had time to look more closely at your chart 

 and the data upon which it is based, however, we see some prob- 

 lems. At least over the most recent decade, the chart does not ap- 

 pear to reflect either the FTC data or the 1989 Surgeon Greneral's 

 chart upon which it is supposedly based. 



I have an exhibit and poster that are taken directly from the 

 1989 Surgeon General's report and from the chart you submitted 

 to the committee. The exhibit is Exhibit Number 18. It shows the 

 major difference between your chart and that of the Surgeon Gen- 

 eral after 1982. 



[Exhibits 16, 17, and 18 follow:] 



