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Nicotine

by Gene Borio

17 Jul 1963 Yeaman: "We are, then, in the business of selling nicotine"
"Moreover, nicotine is addictive. We are, then, in the business of selling nicotine, an addictive drug effective in the release of stress mechanisms." Rreport by Brown & Williamson general counsel/vice president Addison Yeaman, "Implications of Battelle Hippo I and II and the Griffith Filter" Text excerpts of the document are on the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/case/yeaman.html"> PBS Website B&W Priv. 689033412 Bates # 2023191002</a>
18 Nov 1974 PM's Dunn writes Jarkik on measument of nicotine in cigarettes/mainstream smoke
Dunn tells Jarvik that his measurement of 17mg nicotine in smoke must be spurious, as no cig has over 2mg nicotine.