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Exhibit 14 

 Times Newspapers Limited, Sunday Times 



[September 19, 1993, Sunday] 



Smokers May Get a Quick-fix Cigarette 



[By Peter Victor] 



With smokers increasingly banished from their workplaces to draughty corridors, 

 the quick nicotine fix is set to get quicker. Industry sources say that Philip Morris, 

 one of the world's biggest cigarette manufacturers, is developing a fast-smoking 

 brand, understood to be code-named "Marlboro Express". 



The idea behind Express is that smokers' craving for nicotine can be satisfied in 

 half the time. It works by putting tobacco with a nigh nicotine yield in the outer 

 end of the cigarette. 



If successiul, the Express couid be worth millions of pounds in Britain. Although 

 the country is increasingly hostile to smokers, 17 million are still hooked on tobacco, 

 spending more than Pounds 10 billion on cigarettes last year. 



Last week Philip Morris refused to comment "on stories about products in devel- 

 opment". 



But Dr. John Slade, addiction specialist at the University of Medicine and Den- 

 tistry of New Jersey, said patents confirm that the project is underway. "The pat- 

 ents would help them to produce a cigarette like the Marlboro Express." 



Mr. Synar. Mr. Campbell, this is an article from the Sunday 

 Times of London, dated September 19, 1993. The article is about 

 a new product Philip Morris is developing on the Marlboro Express. 

 Let me read to you from the article, paragraph 1. Quote, "Industry 

 sources sav that Philip Morris is developing a fast-smoking brand 

 understood to be code-name Marlboro Express. The idea behind Ex- 

 press is that smokers craving for nicotine can be satisfied in half 

 the time. It works by putting tobacco with a high yield in the outer 

 end of the cigarette." 



Mr. Campbell, is Philip Morris now developing a fast-smoking 

 brand of cigarettes, possibly named Marlboro Express? 



Mr. Campbell. If we had a project named Marlboro Express, I 

 wouldn't tell my competitors. But we would not — we are not devel- 

 oping a fast-smoking product in any way. 



Mr. Synar. Mr. Campbell, let me remind you you're under oath. 



Mr. Campbell. Absolutely. 



Mr. Synar. At any time, now or in the past, have you ever tried 

 to develop a fast-smoking brand? 



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



Mr. Synar. In other words, what you're saying is that the story 

 from the London Times is simply and completely untrue. Is that 

 correct? 



Mr. Campbell. If we were to look at products like this, the tars 

 and nicotines would be proportional to their size. 



Mr. Synar. I didn't ask you that, Mr. Campbell. Let me repeat 

 the question. You're saying the story from the London Times is 

 simply and completely untrue, yes or no? 



Mr. Campbell. As it stands, it is untrue, yes. 



Mr. Synar. Thank you. Mr. Tisch, I'd like to ask you about the 

 13 billion Kent Microlite cigarettes that Lorillard sold from 1952 to 

 1975. They were advertised as "Just what the doctor ordered" and 

 which provided "maximum health protection." 



That Microlite filter was a blend of 30 percent asbestos and 70 

 percent cotton and acetate. You aire aware that 20 of the 36 work- 

 ers who worked for Specialties, Incorporated which produced that 



