1.   And five criminal investigations are under way to determine whether tobacco executives lied to Congress about the dangers of nicotine.

2.   And because tobacco executives stand to gain from rising share prices, investors say their interests and those of management are on the same track.

3.   And if you listen closely you can hear tobacco executives snickering and giggling like Beavis and Butthead at this latest scam they are offering the public.

4.   And Brooke Group chairman Bennett LeBow became the first tobacco industry executive to acknowledge publicly that nicotine is addictive and that smoking causes cancer.

5.   And the Justice Department is convening grand-jury inquiries into whether tobacco company executives lied to Congress or federal regulators about the content and effects of cigarettes.

6.   And the Justice Department is investigating whether tobacco executives lied to Congress, while numerous whistle-blowing former employes of the industry have emerged.

7.   Another ad showed a teenager with a lie detector pursuing a tobacco executive in search of the truth.

8.   As tobacco executives see it, adult smokers have certain unfortunate tendencies.

9.   As tobacco executives look on, they quickly learn that all are lung cancer victims singing with croaky artificial voice boxes.

10.   At the same time, tobacco company executives complained they were being unfairly portrayed in commercials that called them liars.