Excerpt from letter between Lorillard and the American Legacy Foundation’s legal counsel regarding the allegations that Lorillard adds urea to its cigarettes
| Source: Letter from Jim W Philips Jr of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP to John A. Payton, Esq of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, 13 November 2001. |
| 1. Is the presence of urea on the list of composite ingredients related solely to products of manufacturers other than Lorillard? |
| Answer: Yes |
| 2. Is it in fact true that the only urea that exists in Lorillard’s cigarettes is that which “naturally occurs in the tobacco leaf” from which those cigarettes were produced? |
| Answer: Yes |
| 3. Has Lorillard ever added urea to any of its cigarettes? |
| Answer: No |
| 4. Does Lorillard reintroduce urea into its cigarettes that may be lost in the manufacturing process? |
| Answer: No |
| 5. Does urea occur in different levels in different types of tobacco? If so, does Lorillard alter the tobacco blend in its cigarettes to affect urea levels? |
| Answer: Lorillard does not measure the levels of urea in tobacco and does not alter its tobacco blend for any reason having to do with urea. |
| 6. Does Lorillard add other compounds that contain urea? |
| Answer: No |