Thank you for your letter of 17 February 2000, addressed to Peter Wilson, who has asked me to respond on his behalf.

  As the Secretary of State may be aware, Gallaher has already provided the Department of Health with disclosure, by named brands, of the additives used in the cigarettes that it manufactures for sale in the UK. That information was provided to the Department of Health on 8 November 1999. Similar information relating to the tobacco products that Gallaher manufactures for sale in Ireland has also been provided to the Department for Health and Children in Dublin.

  Whilst the ambit of your request is limited to additives in cigarettes, as Gallaher's submission to the Health Committee makes clear (see paragraphs 4.59 to 4.69), additives are also used in the cigars and pipe and handrolling tobaccos that Gallaher manufacturers for sale in the UK. For completeness, Gallaher believes that this information would be of assistance to the Health Committee.

  I am therefore enclosing the following:

  1.  Thirty-one separate sheets detailing the constituents, other than water, tobacco or reconstituted sheet made wholly from tobacco, in the brands of cigarettes manufactured by Gallaher for sale in the UK expressed both as a weight and as a percentage of tobacco rod weight at zero tobacco moisture. Gallaher also distributes two cigarette brands (West and West Lights) for Reemtsma and seven cigarette brands (Camel King Size, Camel Lights King Size, Camel Ultra Lights King Size, More, More Special Mild, More Menthol and More Mild Menthol) for Japan Tobacco. These imported brands made up less than one per cent of our total cigarette sales in 1999.

  2.  Six separate sheets detailing the constituents, other than water, tobacco or reconstituted sheet made wholly from tobacco, in the brands of cigars manufactured by Gallaher for sale in the UK expressed both as a weight and as a percentage of the total product weight at zero tobacco moisture.

  3.  Four separate sheets detailing the constituents, other than water, tobacco or reconstituted sheet made wholly from tobacco, in the brands of handrolling tobacco manufactured by Gallaher for sale in the UK expressed as a percentage of the total weight at zero tobacco moisture.

  4.  Five separate sheets detailing the constituents, other than water, tobacco or reconstituted sheet made wholly from tobacco, in the brands of pipe tobacco manufactured by Gallaher Ltd in the UK expressed as a percentage of the total product weight at zero tobacco moisture. Gallaher also distributes a further pipe brand (Clan) for Niemeyer.

  Gallaher provided representatives of the Department of Health with a presentation on 21 October 1999 of Gallaher's use of additives in cigarettes. Following this presentation, written details of the additives that Gallaher uses in cigarettes were supplied to the Department of Health. If it would be of assistance to the Health Committee, Gallaher would, of course, be delighted to have members of the Health Committee visit Gallaher's Research and Development division in Lisnafillan and provide them with a presentation concerning the additives that Gallaher uses in the tobacco products that it manufactures.

  As ever, if I can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

BRAND NAME:  Senior Service Plain
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.2%

BRAND NAME:  Dorchester Superkings Menthol
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.2%

BRAND NAME:  Dorchester Superkings
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.14%

BRAND NAME:  Dorchester Superkings Extra Mild
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.10%

BRAND NAME:  Benson & Hedges Mellow Blend King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  <0.01%

BRAND NAME:  Silk Cut Superlow King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  <0.01%

Pipe

Condor Ready Rubbed

Condor Long Cut
Mellow Virginia
Condor Mild
Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture
Hand Rolling Tobacco

Old Holborn

Amber Leaf
Samson
Raw
Cigar

Hamlet

Hamlet Miniatures
King Six
Sobranie
Hamlet Reserve
Hamlet Special Panatella

BRAND NAME:  Condor Ready Rubbed
PRODUCT STYLE:  Pipe
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK PIPE SALES (1999):  31.9%

BRAND NAME:  Condor Long Cut
PRODUCT STYLE:  Pipe
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK PIPE SALES (1999):  17.8%

BRAND NAME:  Mellow Virginia
PRODUCT STYLE:  Pipe
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK PIPE SALES (1999):  17.0%

BRAND NAME:  Condor Mild
PRODUCT STYLE:  Pipe
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK PIPE SALES (1999):  7.1%

BRAND NAME:  Balkan Sobranie Smoking Mixture
PRODUCT STYLE:  Pipe
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK PIPE SALES (1999):  1.0%

BRAND NAME:  Old Holborn
PRODUCT STYLE:  Hand Rolling Tobacco
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK HAND ROLLING SALES (1999):  66.6%

BRAND NAME:  Amber Leaf
PRODUCT STYLE:  Hand Rolling Tobacco
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK HAND ROLLING SALES (1999):  27.9%

BRAND NAME:  Samson
PRODUCT STYLE:  Hand Rolling Tobacco
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK HAND ROLLING SALES (1999):  3.4%

BRAND NAME:  Raw
PRODUCT STYLE:  Hand Rolling Tobacco
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK HAND ROLLING SALES (1999):  2.1%

BRAND NAME:  Hamlet
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigar
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGAR SALES (1999):  74.0%

BRAND NAME:  Hamlet Miniatures
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigar
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGAR SALES (1999):  18.0%

BRAND NAME:  King Six
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigar
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGAR SALES (1999):  3.9%

BRAND NAME:  SobraniePRODUCT STYLE:  CigarPRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGAR SALES (1999):  2.7%

BRAND NAME:  Hamlet Reserve
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigar
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGAR SALES (1999):  0.8%

BRAND NAME:  Hamlet Special Panatella
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigar
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGAR SALES (1999):  0.6%

CIGARETTE

Benson & Hedges King Size
Mayfair King Size
Silk Cut King Size
Sovereign King Size
Berkeley Superkings
Silk Cut Ultra King Size
Berkeley Superkings Lights
Berkeley Superkings Menthol
Mayfair Lights King Size
Kensitas Club King Size
Benson & Hedges Superkings
Silk Cut 100s
Sovereign Lights King Size
Benson & Hedges Superkings Lights
Dickens & Grant Superkings
Silk Cut Extra Mild King Size
Mayfair Menthol
Dorchester King Size
Mayfair Ultra Lights King Size
Park Drive Plain
Silk Cut Ultra 100s
Dickens & Grant Superkings Lights
Dickens & Grant Superkings Menthol
Dorchester King Size Menthol
Dorchester King Size Extra Mild
Dorchester Superkings Menthol
Senior Service Plain
Dorchester Superkings
Dorchester Superkings Extra Mild
Benson & Hedges Mellow Blend King Size
Silk Cut Superlow King Size

BRAND NAME:  Benson & Hedges King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  26.8%

BRAND NAME:  Mayfair King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  15.7%

BRAND NAME:  Silk Cut King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  11.8%

BRAND NAME:  Sovereign King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  8.7%

BRAND NAME:  Berkeley Superkings
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  5.6%

BRAND NAME:  Silk Cut Ultra King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  4.2%

BRAND NAME:  Berkeley Superkings Lights
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  3.8%

BRAND NAME:  Berkeley Superkings Menthol
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  3.7%

BRAND NAME:  Mayfair Lights King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  3.7%

BRAND NAME:  Kensitas Club King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  2.6%

BRAND NAME:  Benson & Hedges Superkings
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  1.6%

BRAND NAME:  Silk Cut 100s
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  1.2%

BRAND NAME:  Sovereign Lights King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  1.2%

BRAND NAME:  Benson & Hedges Superkings Lights
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  1.1%

BRAND NAME:  Dickens & Grant Superkings
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  1.1%

BRAND NAME:  Silk Cut Extra Mild King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  1.1%

BRAND NAME:  Mayfair Menthol
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.9%

BRAND NAME:  Dorchester King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.6%

BRAND NAME:  Mayfair Ultra Lights King Size
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.6%

BRAND NAME:  Park Drive Plain
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.5%

BRAND NAME:  Silk Cut Ultra 100s
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.5%

BRAND NAME:  Dickens & Grant Superkings Lights
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.3%

BRAND NAME:  Dickens & Grant Superkings Menthol
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.3%

BRAND NAME:  Dorchester King Size Menthol
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.3%

BRAND NAME:  Dorchester King Size Extra Mild
PRODUCT STYLE:  Cigarette
PRODUCT SHARE OF COMPANY UK CIGARETTE SALES (1999):  0.2%