" The secret of Marlboro is ammonia." - Quote by scientist in 1989 Brown and Williamson Tobacco Report
(Ammonia is a byproduct of rotting animal feces.)
" Nicotine addicts" - Quote by BATCO scientist Sir Charles Ellis in a 1961 report
"Classification of tobacco as a drug should be avoided at all costs." - Quote in a 1974 British American Tobacco memo
(Nicotine is as addictive as crack and heroin.)
"The base of our business are high school students." - Quote in Lorillard Tobacco memo
(About 90% of adult smokers become addicted to tobacco at or before the age of 19 - American Cancer Society)
"From a legal standpoint, we have advised management based upon our own and outside counsel's opinion that there are
substantial litigative risks associated with having an individual as head of R&D who believes that smoking causes disease."
- Quote in a 1983 RJ Reynolds memo
