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Mcotine
addictive
A report by the US Surgeon-
Oeneral, Everett Koo would
%I
dlctive
deciskre nicotine an I
dru$. Dr konald Duvis, head
of ihe fedcral OMce of Smok-
Ing and Hualth, uld In Wash-
In ton yeiterday.
i
id
t
t
D
governmcn
ay
s s&
r
ofricials had been s 'ayInj for
years that nicotine wng an
Addlcliv.a drug "Just - like
~cocainc, just like.heipin. and
other drugs that people oorn-
monly accept as addicting" " ,
;,
"But this report looks at the
'
i evidence in fir greater detait
than we've cver looked at
before," he said.
The report %vill be the first
Vy a rcdcrul vML.Ial -wltl% us
high a. rank as the SurAcon.
General. to declare nicotine
addicti4e.
Althou$h Or Davis did not
say -A,,hat ster should be iaken
i
al
once the surgeon -Gencr
issued his report, he q s-
ue
tioned some of the Wa .
A in
-wh~ch,-.clgar~ttcs are d4rib-
uted.
0 V
1 l t
Vh
bL
d
cCo
o we se
o
Y
products In vending
"We
machines?" he asked
.
don't allow other addicting
drugs to be sold in vending
machinft
"When'we cAll this drug an
addictini; drug. we have to
ii
h
take it more sa
ouslj t
~p we
-AAP-Reuter
BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 29
October 1999