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WIGAND IS ASKED ABOUT MINUTES TAKEN DURING THAT MEETING

Q. Yes. Did they change the minutes?
A. Yes, they did.
Q. Did they eliminate 12 pages of the minutes?
A. Roughly 12 pages of the minutes.
Q. And what did they eliminate, the stuff that said cigarettes were harmful?
A. They eliminated all reference to anything that could be discovered during any kind of liability action in reference to a safer cigarette. Statements were made that anything that eludes [alludes] to a safer cigarette clearly indicates that other cigarettes are unsafe, and it, furthermore, would acknowledge that nicotine is addictive.