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Mr. James Johnston. Correct. 



Mr. Campbell. Absolutely. 



Mr. Bliley. Mr. Campbell, the Federal Government is well 

 aware of the ingredients you add to the tobacco in your cigarettes. 

 Haven't you been providing HHS with an annual ingredients list 

 for a number of years? 



Mr. Campbell. Yes. We started that back almost 15 years ago. 



Mr. Bliley. Has HHS at any time during this time period issued 

 a report to Congress, as it is authorized to do, citing any health 

 risks associated with any such ingredients? 



Mr. Campbell. No, they have not, sir. 



Mr. Bliley. Has HHS ever approached the industry with the re- 

 suits of any studies suggesting that any of the ingredients in ciga- 

 rettes presented any health risks to smokers? 



Mr. Campbell. Absolutely no indications of health risks with our 

 ingredients, sir. 



Mr. Bliley. Have you offered your cooperation to HHS and its 

 review of ingredients? 



Mr. Campbell. Repeatedly we have offered our willingness to 

 work with them. 



Mr. Bliley, What was their response? 



Mr. Campbell. There has been no response up to this time, sir. 



Mr. Bliley. If HHS had approached the industry with some of 

 the allegations that have been bantered about recently in the press, 

 what would have been your response? 



Mr. Campbell. Our response would have been that all of these 

 are generally approved, but that we would be happy to look into 

 these ingredients in any way that they wish to discuss them. 



Mr. Bliley. Is it your understanding that over 90 percent of the 

 ingredients used by major cigarette companies in cigarettes manu- 

 factured in the United States are commonly used in food? They ei- 

 ther have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as 

 food additives or they are included on lists of substances generally 

 recognized as safe maintained by the FDA or the Flavor Extract 

 Manufacturers Association? 



Mr. Campbell. That is absolutely correct. 



Mr. Bliley. Additionally, governmental bodies or affiliated orga- 

 nizations in other countries, such as Great Britain, Germany, 

 France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Council of Europe, have 

 evaluated the ingredients used in cigarettes and have come up with 

 accepted lists of ingredients? 



Mr. Campbell. That's correct and that completes the U.S. domes- 

 tic manufacturers list, I believe. 



Mr. Bliley. In short, all of the ingredients used by the major 

 American cigarette manufacturers also can be found in one or more 

 of these accepted lists. 



Mr. Campbell. That's correct, sir. 



Mr. Bliley. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Waxman. Mr. Synar. 



Mr. Synar. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Campbell, I'd liki to 

 enter into the record Exhibit 14, if I could. Can the staff provide 

 Exhibit 14 to Mr. Campbell? 



[Exhibit 14 follows:] 



