Lesson 02: Cigarettes, Smoking and Health 


Tobacco, Health and the Law
Professor Vernellia R. Randall
The University of Dayton Law School


 

 
bullet Syllabus
bullet Introduction
bullet Cigarettes and Health
bullet Tobacco and Native Americans 
bullet Targeting of Children, Women and Minorities
bullet Laws, Regulations and Litigation
bullet Settlement Agreements
bullet Proposed Laws, Regulation and Litigation
bullet Tobacco and the Third World Countries
Professional Websites
bullet Race, Health Care and the Law
bullet Race and Racism in American Law
bullet Gender and the Law
bullet Students, Learning and Legal Education


Reading Assignment
bullet Generally
bullet Tobacco Use 
bullet 1999 Facts and Fiqures on Tobacco Use
bullet Tobacco Use in the United States
bullet Smoking Prevalence Among US Adults
bullet Number of Adult Current, Former, and Never Smokers---1965-1995 
bullet 1995 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Tobacco Related Statistics, SAMHSA, August 1996
bullet American Cancer Society's Tobacco Use in Adults
bullet State Facts on Tobacco and Cancer
bullet Nicotine Addiction
bullet Health Consequences
bullet Health Consequences
bullet Cigarette Smoking-Related Mortality Comparative Causes of Annual Deaths in the United States
bullet Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking---United States, 1990 
bullet Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost---United States, 1984 46(22):444-450 May 23, 1997
bullet The ABC's of Smoking and Health
bullet Image Comparison of Health Lung with Lung Pulmonary Emphysema
bullet The Nation's Leading Cause of Death, At-A-Glance
bullet The Health consequences of smoking : nicotine addiction : a report of the  Surgeon General (on Reserve in the Library)
bullet Seven Tobacco Company executives begin testimony in Congressional hearings about Nicotine Addiction
bullet Women
bullet Tobacco Use
bullet Women and Smoking
bullet Facts on Women and Tobacco
bullet Young Women and Smoking
bullet Women, Smoking and Low Income
bullet Are there Gender Differences in Nicotine Addiction?
bullet Smokeless Tobacco Use Among American Indian Women---Southeastern North Carolina
bullet Health Consequences
bullet Smoking and Pregnancy
bullet Study: Fetus can metabolize cancer-causing byproducts of tobacco
bullet 1980: US Surgeon General Special Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking for Women
bullet U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups
bullet Tobacco Use 
bullet At-A-Glance
bullet African Americans and Tobacco
bullet Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Tobacco
bullet Hispanics and Tobacco
bullet Trends in the Age-adjusted Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking,  1978-1993
bullet Executive Summary (PDF - 120K) pages 1 -11
bullet Smokeless Tobacco Use Among American Indian Women---Southeastern North Carolina
bullet Health Consequences
bullet Smoking and Lung Disease in Minority Communities
bullet Cigarette smoking, gender and race Women suffer greater lung damage and African-Americans recover slower after smoking cessation
bullet Executive Summary (PDF - 120K) pages 11-12
bullet Children and Teenagers
bullet Tobacco Use 
bullet Youth Smoking, Health, and Performance
bullet Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People A Report of the Surgeon General (1994)
bullet Projected Smoking Related Deaths Among Youth---United States. 45(44):971-974, November 8, 1996
bullet Incidence of Initiation of Cigarette Smoking Among U.S. Teens
bullet  Teenage Tobacco Use
bullet Health Consequences
bullet Health Effects of Smoking Among Young People
bullet Elderly
bullet Tobacco Use
bullet Tobacco and Older Persons
bullet Tobacco and the Elderly Notes


Resources
bullet Federal, State, Government and Other Contacts
bullet Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups, Entire Surgeon General's Report by Sections in Portable Document Format
bullet Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service,  1964.
bullet The Health Consequences of Smoking for Women: A Report of the Surgeon General.  1980.
bullet The Health Consequences of Smoking - Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General.  1988
bullet Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General.  1998.
bullet History of 1964 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health
bullet Health Consequences (CDC)

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1994-04-14: Seven Tobacco Company executives begin testimony in Congressional hearings about Nicotine Addiction

The officers who appeared before Henry Waxman's (D-CA) Committee beginning April 14, 1994, were: 
William Campbell, CEO, Philip Morris
James Johnston, CEO, RJR Tobacco Co
Joseph Taddeo, President, U.S. Tobacco Co
Andrew Tisch, CEO, Lorillard Tobacc
Thomas Sandefur, CEO, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co
Ed Horrigan, CEO, Liggett Group
Donald Johnston, CEO, American Tobacco Co. 

The following was the most famous exchange (April 15, 1994): 

REP. WYDEN: Let me ask you first, and I'd like to just go down the row, whether each of you believes that nicotine is not addictive. I've heard virtually all of you touch on it--yes or no, do you believe nicotine is not addictive?
WILLIAM I. CAMPBELL (Philip Morris): I believe that nicotine is not addictive, yes.
REP. WYDEN: Mr. Johnston...
JAMES JOHNSTON (RJReynolds): Uh, Congressman, cigarettes and nicotine clearly do not meet the classic definition of addiction. There is no intoxication--
REP. WYDEN: We'll take that as a no. And again, time is short, if you can just, I think each of you believe nicotine is not addictive, I'd just like to have this for the record.
JOSEPH TADDEO (US Tobacco): "I don't believe that nicotine or our products are addictive."
ANDREW TISCH (P Lorillard): I believe that nicotine is not addictive.
EDWARD HORRIGAN (Ligget Group): I believe that nicotine is not addictive.
THOMAS SANDEFUR (Brown & Williamson): I believe that nicotine is not addictive.
DONALD JOHNSTON (American Tobacco Co.): And I too believe that nicotine is not addictive.