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STATEM ENT OF DR. STEPHEN M. RAEFLE 



I am Dr. Stephen M. Raffle, a psychiatrist practicing in Oakland, Califomi'^. 

 FQr seventeen years I served as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and 

 for ten years as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the 

 University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco. I am a Board Certified 

 Psychiatrist. My B.A. is in physiology from the University of California, Berkeley, 

 and my medical degree is from the Chicago Medical School. 



In the course of more than twenty years of clinical practice, 1 have evaluated 

 and/or treated many patients with various drug addictions and drug intoxications. 

 This includes heroin and other opiates, alcohol, amphetamines, barbiturates, and 

 various forms of cocaine. Additionally, I have worked with many people with 

 weight problems and other habitual and compulsive behaviors. Since 1990 1 have 

 served on my hospital's committee for chemically disabled physicians and this past 

 April 1 was appointed to the Drug Diversion Committee by the California State 

 Board of Podiatry for chemically disabled podiatrists. Thus, 1 bring to you the 

 perspective of a teacher and clinician with considerable first-hand patient treatment 

 experience. 



As part of my professional continuing education I have read extensively in 

 the area of nicotine and addictive substances. 1 have read the following five 

 documents titled: Final Report on Project Hippo I, Report No. 1 regarding Project 

 Hippo II, Final Report on Project Hippo II, The Fate of Nicotine in the Body and A 

 Tentative Hypothesis of Nicotine Addiction. 



In addition, 1 was provided approximately 40 research reports from the files 

 of Brown and Williamson. These reports discuss research dealing with various 

 aspects of human smoking behavior and nicotine pharmacology. My review and 

 my comments relate specifically to aspects of nicotine and smoking behavior 

 contained within these research projects. 1 understand that these reports were,, 

 among a larger group of documents produced to the Subcommittee late last week. 

 I will discuss the contents of these papers and the scientific data regarding 



