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APPENDIX 32

Supplementary evidence by British American Tobacco (TB 28E)

LIST OF INGREDIENTS ADDED TO TOBACCO OR CIGARETTE PAPER IN CIGARETTE BRANDS MANUFACTURED BY BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANIES

INTRODUCTION

On 17 February 2000, the Clerk of the Health Committee wrote to Mr Broughton stating, "In evidence to the Committee on 9 February the Secretary of State told us that the tobacco companies had provided the Department of Health with a list of additives to cigarettes by coded brand. The Committee has asked me to request from you this information, but has further stipulated that each brand should be clearly identified and not provided in coded form."

This note provides the information that the Committee has requested. We are uncertain as to why the Committee has requested this information, or what the Committee intends to do with the information in the course of its inquiry into "The Tobacco Industry and the Health Risks of Smoking." However, in considering this information we refer the Committee to evidence on ingredients that we have provided in our Memorandum to the House of Commons Health Committee (19 October 1999) and in our Supplementary Memorandum to the House of Commons Health Committee (28 February 2000). We assume that the Committee will take full note of this evidence in producing its Report.

We have also noted that ingredients are an issue that have been the subject of a significant amount of discussion between UK Tobacco Companies and the Department of Health. This dialogue continues and meetings with the Department of Health are an appropriate mechanisms whereby issues related to ingredients can be discussed on a scientific and technical basis.

INFORMATION PROVIDED

The following list provides information on ingredients added to tobacco and cigarette paper, and information on adhesives used on the side-seam of cigarettes, for each brand manufactured by British American Tobacco Companies and on sale in the United Kingdom. For each brand, the information lists the substances used in decreasing order of the amount added. All of the ingredients used are on the Department of Health's list of permitted ingredients. This information corresponds to that submitted earlier to the UK Department of Health, but with specific cigarette brands identified. On occasion, a particular brand has several slightly different ingredients lists. This occurs where the brand is manufactured in more than one factory. To be complete, each ingredient list, even if differences are so slight that the order of the ingredients is not changed, is provided.

List of ingredients added to tobacco and paper in brands manufactured for Rothmans UK Limited and sold in the United Kingdom.

Cartier Vendome Lights:

Carroll's Number 1:

List of ingredients added to tobacco and paper in brands manufactured by other British American

Consulate Menthol: