2023-07-252023-07-252002-09-17https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14300/968The Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform delves into the tobacco industry's recent filings in the civil suit by the U.S. Department of Justice, examining the truthfulness of their statements on critical health issues. Despite calls for product regulation and claims of responsibility, the report reveals that major tobacco companies continue to deny established scientific consensus on the harms of smoking. Four out of five companies question whether smoking causes disease, all deny that environmental tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers, and four fail to admit that nicotine is addictive. The report also highlights companies' refusal to take responsibility for documented corporate behavior, such as Philip Morris denying control over nicotine and R.J. Reynolds denying marketing to children. British American Tobacco denies document destruction despite evidence to the contrary.25 pagesenStaff ReportsHouse Minority Staff Report3: Health341: Tobacco Abuse, Treatment, and Educationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20051024202625/http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/story.asp?ID=550&Issue=Tobacco107Yes