All seven big-tobacco CEOs swore under oath that nicotine is not addictive.

Evidence

The moral compromise begins at the heart of the tobacco industry, with top executives denying that tobacco products have harmful health effects. In sworn testimony before a congressional subcommittee, all seven chief executive officers of the leading tobacco companies declared that nicotine is not addictive (Hilts, 1994). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 689

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• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 689