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Mr. Waxman. So that's 1984. Your company has recognized the 

 importance of nicotine and its pharmacological effects. Do you dis- 

 agree with that? 



Mr. Sandefur. Mr. Chairman, yes, sir, I do. This is one individ- 

 ual's opinion in the company. Rob Ferris has a right to his opinion. 

 But it's not the — it's not the opinion of the company. 



Mr. Waxman. Well, these are scientists that work for the com- 

 pany. 



Mr. Sandefur. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Waxman. But I have some other documents that your com- 

 pany supplied to us. 



Mr. Sandefur. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Waxman, And these documents, I'm going to put them right 

 down here, these documents are research projects undertaken by 

 Brown & Williamson or BAT, and this one called the Fate of Nico- 

 tine in the Body. Another one is called Nicotine in Smoke and 

 Human Physiological Response, or the Effect of Puff Volume on Ex- 

 tractable Nicotine or Effects of Nicotine on the Central Nervous 

 System, the Absorption and Effects of Nicotine from Inhaled To- 

 bacco Smoke, Relative Contributions of Nicotine and Carbon Mon- 

 oxide to Human Physiological Response. These are all studies that 

 were done by your scientists. 



Mr. Sandefur. No, sir, they were done by BATCO scientists, not 

 my scientists. BATCO scientists. 



Mr. Waxman. Well, those scientists work in cooperation with 

 your scientists. 



Mr. Sandefur. They have views as my scientists have views, 

 yes, sir, that's correct. 



Mr. Waxman. Well, these were extensive work being done by, in 

 many cases, the joint efforts of Brown & Williamson scientists and 

 British-American Tobacco. Here is one, for example, that is solely 

 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. It is called a Human 

 Smoking Study's Acute Effect of Cigarette Smoke on Brain Wave 

 Alpha Rhythm. 



What does brain wave alpha rhythm have to do with taste? 



Mr. Sandefur. I don't — I'm not familiar with that study. Mr. 

 Chairman, I 



Mr. Waxman. This was from Louisville, Kentucky, and it was 

 submitted to us by your company. 



Mr. Sandefur. Mr. Chairman, those documents were asked for 

 by the committee and it is my understanding that we were asked 

 for any documents that we had in our files. Our scientists are re- 

 sponsible for staying abreast of any work done in the area of smok- 

 ing and health worldwide no matter who does the work and they 

 have an opportunity to read those reports and take a view of them. 



So I am sure that we have untold documents in our library on 

 not only nicotine, but tar and flavors and any other 



Mr. Waxman. Mr. Sandefur. 



Mr. Sandefur. Yes. 



Mr. Waxman. Excuse me for interrupting you, but these were re- 

 search activities in which Brown & Williamson scientists joined 

 with BATCO scientists. In conferences, there is never an indication 

 in any of these that the Brown & Williamson scientists disagreed 

 with the research conclusions or even the research premises, but 



