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STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR IAN HINDMARCH 



I am currently Proffssor of Human Psychopharmacology and 

 Head of the Human Psychopharmacology Research UnLt at the 

 University of Surrey. England. I hold a B.Sc. degree in 

 Psychology, a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychophysiology and 

 am a Chartered Psychologist. I have been elected as a 

 Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the 

 Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum. the 

 Royal Society of Medicine and am an Associate of the 

 Royal College of Psychiatrists. I have had 25 years 

 first hand experience of studying the effects of illicit 

 drugs, medicines and social substances (including 

 nicotine) on the behaviour of both volunteers and 

 patients. The results of my research have been published 

 in 15 books and over 300 peer reviewed papers in 

 scientific and medical journals. 



Since the 1960's. the use of the term addiction has 

 become less precise, until it now is a common expression 

 for any behaviour that an individual frequently indulges. 

 My professional experience is that tobacco smokers are 

 not in the same category as those users of hard drugs. 

 Many thousands of smokers have ceased using tobacco 

 without any physical or psychological problems and 

 without any professional help. Such evidence clearly 

 demonstrates that smoking tobacco is not an addiction, 

 certainly not in the sense that addiction is used to 

 describe hard drug dependence. 



I have reviewed the five documents, prepared by the 

 Battelle Memorial Institute. Geneva during the years 



