Chapter 20 Nicotine and Addiction

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Nicotine and Addiction: General

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In 1994, a recently retired CEO of a major tobacco company openly stated that

tobacco is addictive and that its addictive properties are why people smoke. In an

interview for an article in the Wall Street Journal, the former executive of RJR Nabisco,

F. Ross Johnson, was asked about nicotine in cigarettes, and he responded, "Of

course it's addictive. That's why you smoke..."

Federal Register, August 11, 1995, p. 41495

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Tobacco manufacturers deliberately control the level of nicotine in cigarettes by

monitoring and adjusting nicotine levels at each stage of the manufacturing process.

The ultimate objective of these efforts is to ensure that the finished cigarette delivers

the desired level of nicotine. Perhaps the best example of manufacturers' control of

nicotine levels is the effort that the companies make to ensure that low-tar cigarettes

deliver an adequate amount of nicotine. As described in the preceding subsection,

tobacco industry research activities have focused on developing technologies for

maintaining and increasing nicotine levels as tar is reduced. FDA's investigation has

also shown that tobacco manufacturers actually use a number of techniques to ensure

that nicotine levels in marketed products do not fall below a certain level, such as

incorporating high nicotine tobaccos to ensure "adequate" levels of nicotine and using

chemical additives to enhance nicotine delivery.

Quote from Federal Register, August 11, 1995, p. 41509

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