Big Tobacco Lied To Congress About Addiction!

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[00:00:00]One pivotal moment came in 1994 when seven tobacco executives testified before Congress.

[00:00:06]Each swore under oath that they did not believe nicotine was addictive. This would later be proven categorically [music] false by their own internal documents.

[00:00:15]Then came Jeffrey Wigand, a former scientist at Brown & Williamson. In a bombshell 1995 interview on 60 Minutes, Wigand revealed that tobacco companies had manipulated nicotine levels [music] to maximize addiction.

[00:00:30]He also exposed the use of harmful additives like [music] ammonia to enhance nicotine absorption.