1.   -- Congressional investigators accused the tobacco industry of deliberately manipulating the nicotine content of cigarettes in an attempt to get smokers addicted.

2.   But the testimony also disclosed that some smokers become addicted to the spray itself.

3.   Experts say such smokers are addicted to nicotine.

4.   One Justice task force was investigating whether Philip Morris had illegally manipulated the level of nicotine in cigarettes to keep smokers addicted.

5.   Pregnant women should avoid using patches and gum simply because in many instances, smokers become addicted to the nicotine replacement devices.

6.   The industry, though, has largely failed to manufacture a low-nicotine cigarette and has denied that it adjusts chemical levels in cigarettes to addict smokers.

7.   The lawsuit contended that the tobacco industry had concealed knowledge that nicotine was addictive and had manipulated nicotine levels in cigarettes to keep smokers addicted.

8.   The program accused Philip Morris and other tobacco companies of manipulating the level of nicotine in cigarettes to addict smokers.

9.   The suit claims that the industry knowingly addicted smokers and then failed to adequately warn them.

10.   Two years ago a Kansas City man sued cigarette manufacturers, accusing them of deliberately addicting smokers to nicotine.