11.   The company said the documents do not establish that nicotine is addictive, and asserts there is nothing to convince it that passive smoke is harmful to health.

12.   The highest impotence rate of all was among smokers who reported exposure to passive smoke, both at home and in the workplace.

13.   Bank attorney Isabelle Leguern countered that no one today can speak with certainty about the dangers of so-called passive smoke.

14.   Thomas Yiu, deputy secretary for the Health and Welfare Bureau, said the proposal was intended to better protect nonsmokers against passive smoke.