The memo also discusses using ammonia to generate nicotine enhancement. Cigarette manufacturers use ammonia in cigarettes to enhance the effect of nicotine, two attorneys for the state said in a hearing Wednesday in which they sought more tobacco industry documents about ammonia technology. Attorneys for the state used the memo in trying to convince special master R. William Rutter Jr. that other documents should be made public. Rutter has not said when he would make his recommendation to the judge. Forty states have sued the industry, and Florida's case is the first to go to trial.
Jury selection is under way.
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