What Wigand knows, and what he eventually will reveal to Bergman and his 60 Minutes colleague Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer), is that Brown & Williamson is spiking their cigarettes with an ammonia compound, and in doing so illegally making their product more addictive
Regulatory acceptance depends on public health policies and harm reduction beliefs
Talk to them about the health risks associated with smoking
Coykendall said these products fall into a legal "loophole" in which they are not subject to the state's cigarette tax
A regulatory authority can decide on an injunction or prohibition, with or without a fine, if a non-compliant tobacco free nicotine product is available on the Swedish market, or if the sale of a tobacco free nicotine product is non-compliant with the rules
It can happen to anyone, but the best way to mitigate that is to get help