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Mr. Waxman. Mr. Synar. 



Mr. Synar. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Sandefur, you've done a good job. These millions of dollars 

 they pay you have been well used. I found it of great interest that 

 a gentleman who has been involved in this industry for 30 years, 

 19 with R.J. Reynolds, 12 with Brown & Williamson, can answer 

 Republican questions with precision and detail, but when we ask 

 you questions, you have a very conveniently selective memory. 



Yesterday, the FDA supplied this subcommittee with all the 

 notes taken at the FDA meeting they had with your company on 

 May 3. Will you supply this subcommittee with the notes that your 

 people or anyone representing you had in that meeting? 



Mr. Sandefur. To the best of my ability, yes I will. 



Mr. Synar. That's not the question. 



Mr. Sandefur. I understood your question. 



Mr. Synar. Will you do it. 



Mr. Sandefur. Yes, sir, to the best of my ability. 



Mr. Synar. What do you plan to do with the 3.5 to 4 million 

 pounds of Y-1 you currently have in storage? 



Mr. Sandefur. We haven't made a decision on that yet. Con- 

 gressman. 



Mr. Synar. Will you provide the decision once you make it to the 

 committee? Will you inform the committee? 



Mr. Sandefur. We would be more than happy to. 



Mr. Synar. Is there any additional Y-1 being stored anywhere in 

 the world under your control? 



Mr. Sandefur. Under my control? 



Mr. Synar. Ownership. 



Mr. Sandefur. Under my ownership, not that I know of. 



Mr. Synar. Sister corporations or anything else? 



Mr. Sandefur. There may be some sister corporations that have 

 some Y-1. 



Mr. Synar. Would you provide that information to the record, 

 also? 



Mr. Sandefur. Yes, I will. 



Mr. Synar. Now, Mr. Sandefur, how many people smoke Brown 

 & Williamson cigarettes in this country? 



Mr. Sandefur. Our market share at the close of first quarter, I 

 believe it was about 11 percent. 



Mr. Synar. How many of those people in that 11 percent are 

 under 18 years old? 



Mr. Sandefur. I don't know Congressman. We don't do any re- 

 search nor do we market to consumers 18 — as a matter of fact, my 

 company's policy is, we don't market to consumers under 21 years 

 of age. 



Mr. Synar. All right. You say you have done no research or mar- 

 keting. That brings me to The New York Times article which I am 

 sure you are familiar with dated Saturday June 18, 1994. 



In The New York Times, they said you had — there was a list 

 here of the B&W research projects, one of which revealed, "the con- 

 troversial Ted Bates advertising targeting young smokers, never 

 used but still dangerous." 



Do you continue to deny you have done no research or market- 

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