Exhibit D to Gordon Aff. This is not an ordinary or insignificant memo. This company is in trouble. The cigarette industry is in trouble. Cigarette smoke is biologically active.
Oxides of nitrogen are important in nitrosamine formation.
Nitrosamines as a class are potent carcinogens. Tobacco-specific nonvolatile nitrosamines are present in significant amounts in cigarette smoke. We do not know enough about the biological activity of additives which have been in use for a number of years. Strangely, the document appears to end mid-stream, with the listing of point number 1, above, but no point number 2 or any conclusion. In response to plaintiffs' inquiries, Philip Morris has stated that this copy is all it can find.