81.   She said the demand for illegal cigarettes would be even greater if Congress gives the Food and Drug Administration the authority to lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.

82.   Senators howled, recalling three years ago when tobacco executives, one after another, swore to Congress that cigarettes were not dangerous.

83.   Some tobacco defenders say all the hype about nicotine manipulation is simply the anti-tobacco movement trying to make people believe a lighted cigarette is a death wish.

84.   Smokers are considered notoriously bad shoppers and few are aware that cigarettes are available over the Internet.

85.   That settlement included an admission by Liggett Chief Executive Bennett LeBow that cigarettes were addictive and that the company marketed their products to minors.

86.   The agency had argued that unless specific health claims were being made by manufacturers, cigarettes were beyond the reach of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

87.   The cigarettes were sent to a bonded warehouse in Louisiana, where cigarettes are not subject to state tax if they are destined for sale to offshore fishing vessels.

88.   The cigarettes are gone, given up nearly four years ago.

89.   The cigarettes were just as good to smoke, with a mild, pleasant taste.

90.   The class-action settlement, for example, covered only lawsuits based on a theory that cigarettes are addictive.