Chapter 20 Nicotine and Addiction

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Nicotine and Addiction: General

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"There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive...and the same thing with

cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease."

Rush Limbaugh on his radio program, April 29, 1994

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"Despite the buzzwords used by industry, what smokers are addicted to is not 'rich

aroma' or 'pleasure' or 'satisfaction'. What they are addicted to is nicotine, pure and

simple, because of its psychoactive effects and its drug dependence qualities."

David Kessler testimony to Congress, March 25, 1994

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In a July 1962 research conference, Sir Charles Ellis, the chief researcher for

British-American Tobacco, stated that nicotine is a "remarkable, beneficent drug that

both helps the body to resist external stress and also can as a result show a

pronounced tranquilizing effect. Nicotine is not only a very fine drug, but the technique

of administration by smoking has considerable psychological advantages."

New York Times, June 16, 1994, p. D22

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A 1972 Philip Morris internal memo read, "Think of the cigarette pack as a day's

supply of nicotine. Think of the cigarette as a dispenser of a dose unit."

Newsweek, July 4, 1994, p. 45

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In 1963 before the first Surgeon General's report was issued, a Brown and Williamson

tobacco executive wrote: "We are, then, in the business of selling nicotine, an

addictive drug." The industry also had research on the health hazards of cigarettes

that it decided to withhold from the surgeon general. Instead, tobacco executives

chose to launch a public relations campaign to dispute what they knew to be true.

Washington Post National Weekly Edition, June 6, 1994, p. 28

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