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April IS. 1994 JAMES w. JOHNSTON 



Chairman and 

 Chiel Executive Officer 



Winsion-Salem. N.C. 27102 

 919-741.792S 



Mr. Chester E. Cadieux 

 Chainnan, President 

 QuikTrip Corporation 

 Post Office Box 3475 

 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 



Dear Mr. Cadieux; 



As you may know, I and the CEO's of the other six major U.S. tobacco companies had the 

 opportunity to testify before Congressman Waxman's subcommittee yesterday. 



During our testimony, we were asked a series of questions by Congressman Synar relating to a letter 

 he had received from one of his constituents. Apparently, this constituent wrote that she was in a 

 QuikTrip outlet recently and saw individual cigarettes on display with a sign that said something to the 

 following cfifect: Take one, they're free." Mr. Synar was quite adamant and said that he also had 

 personally seen this "offer." The suggestion from all this by Mr. Synar was that these cigarettes were 

 accessible to children and could encourage them to experiment with smoking. 



I wanted to call this matter to your attention because I understand from the folks in our regional sales 

 office in Oklahoma City that you arc as firmly committed to keeping cigarettes out of the hands of 

 minors as we are. 



I would greatly appreciate your looking into this and letting me know whether there is any basis for 

 the allegations and conclusions drawn by Mr. Synar. 



Very truly yours, 



James W. Johtfston 



'We work for smokers.' 



