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DECLARATION OF ANN M. WITT 



1. My name is Ann M. Witt. I am employed by the Food and Drug 

 Administration (FDA) . My position is Special Assistant to the 

 Deputy Commissioner for Operations. My responsibilities in this 

 position include work on the FDA's investigation into the role of 

 nicotine in cigarettes. 



2. On May 3, 1994, I accompanied other FDA representatives to a 

 Brown and Williamson facility in Macon, Georgia. We met with 

 several Brown and Williamson officials and their attorneys, 

 including: Dewey Carter, Rufus Honecutt, Kendrick Wells, Dan 

 Snyder, Randy Harrison, Drew McMurtrie, Sandra Cox, Gary Nicholson, 

 Gene Pfeifer, and Gordon Smith. 



3. During that meeting, the FDA representatives asked a number of 

 questions about whether Brown and Williamson monitored, 

 manipulated, or controlled nicotine in tobacco at various stages of 

 cigarette production. One of the questions asked by FDA 

 representatives was whether Brown and Williamson was involved in 

 breeding tobacco for specific nicotine levels. According to ay 

 recollection, and reflected in my notes taken during the meeting. 

 Brown and Williamson answered that they were not involved in 

 breeding tobacco for either higher or lower nicotine content. The 

 relevant page of my handwritten notes is attached. I also recall 

 that after this answer was given, Kendrick Wells stated that Brown 

 and Williamson might have provided unrestricted grant money to 

 universities engaged in such breeding research. 



I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and 

 correct. 21 U.S.C. 1746. 



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Ann M. Witt 

 Executed on this 22nd day of June, 1994. 



