1994 - Tobacco Company CEOs Testify Before Congress — Transcript

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1. 0:00let me uh begin my questioning on the
2. 0:02matter of uh whether or not nicotine is
3. 0:04addictive let me ask you first I'd like
4. 0:07to just go down the row uh whether each
5. 0:09of you believes that nicotine is not
6. 0:12addictive I heard virtually all of you
7. 0:15touch on it just yes or no do you
8. 0:16believe nicotine is not addictive I
9. 0:19believe nicotine is not addictive yes Mr
10. 0:21Johnston uh Congressman cigarettes and
11. 0:25nicotine clearly do not meet the classic
12. 0:28definitions of addiction there is no
13. 0:30intoxication we'll take that as a no and
14. 0:32again time is short if you could just I
15. 0:35think each of you believe nicotine is
16. 0:36not addictive we just would like to have
17. 0:38this for the record I don't believe that
18. 0:40nicotine or our products are
19. 0:43addictive I believe nicotine is not
20. 0:47addictive I believe that nicotine is not
21. 0:50addictive I believe that nicotine is not
22. 0:54addicted and I too believe that nicotine
23. 0:56is not addict all right Dr Campbell I
24. 0:59assume that you're aware that your
25. 1:01testimony and you said uh in your
26. 1:03testimony that nicotine is not addictive
27. 1:05is contradicted by an overwhelming
28. 1:08number of authorities and associations
29. 1:11for example in 1988 the Surgeon General
30. 1:13of the United States wrote an entire
31. 1:15report on this topic the Surgeon General
32. 1:18of course is the chief Health advisor to
33. 1:20our government I assume you have uh
34. 1:22reviewed that report yes I have sir all
35. 1:28right e