As did the World Health Organization during this period, but possibly influenced by the fact that they were all smokers themselves, the Committee defined cigarette smoking as a "habituation" rather than an overpowering "addiction".
مثل منظّمة الصحة العالمية خال هذه الفترة, لكن ربّما تأثّروا بحقيقة أنّهم كانوا أنفسهم مدخّنين, عّفت اللجنة تدخين السّجائر بأنّه "تعوّد" بدلاً من القهر "الإدمان".