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07/22/97 ILE 10:04 ГАЛ 202 200 2100 DAEL - TOBACCO- NICOTIME Jack Henningfield -- former research scientist at NIDA whose work focuses on addictive drugs such as cocaine and nicotine. With Neil Benowitz, Henningfield wrote article in JAMA last year suggesting that levels of nicotine in cigarettes might be reduced to a non-addicting level. Now a private consultant. John Slade -- a clinician who treats addicted patients at St. Peters Hospital (Rutgers) in New Jersey, he is former president of American Society of Addiction Medicine. Slade is also well known for his research into the industry's marketing practices and has recently becom e interested in the concept of whether it's possible to develop a "safer" cigarette. Ken Warner -- economist from the University of Michigan. He was principal editor on a number of Surgeon General's reports on tobacco and his speciality is health economics. Widely regarded as one of the best strategic thinkers on health policies relating to tobacco Lynn Kozlowski- Penn State researcher who was an expert at FDA's advisory committee on nicotine in August 1994. Like Henningfield and Benowitz, he is interested in the concept of reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addicting levels. Kozlowski also has done much research on the issue of low tar in cigarettes and seems inclined to believe that a "safer" cigarette is an illusion. Bill Ryckert -- Canadian expert whose company does testing on smoke, the constituent elements in cigarettes and has worked with Kozlowski extensively on the issue of low tar and whether it is possible to create "safer" cigarettes in this regard.. Saul Shiffman- Univ. of PiH. National expert on "chippers" and youth cessation.