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company documents, and the testimony of company scientists before 

 this Subcommittee, has opened a window on what some senior 

 tobacco officials knew about nicotine's physiological and 

 addictive properties, as much as 3 years ago. 



One important thing that every teenager in this country 



needs to know before deciding to smoke his or her first cigarette 



is how one cigarette industry official viewed the business of 



selling cigarettes: 



"We are, then, in the business of selling nicotine, an 

 addictive drug . . ."*° (Chart 32) 



Thank you. 



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2. 21 U.S.C. § 321(g) (1) . 



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11. 7 U. S. C. §516. (Tobacco Seed and Plant Exportation Act). 



