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ktCEIVED PHI LIP MORRIS U. S. A. CD ~ INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDEN MAR 4 1977 R. B. SELIGMAN To: From: , Mr. J. E. Iti'ickham. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA Da te: , Nancy R. Ryan ~ ~ Subject: . SEMI-ANNUAL INVESTIGATI competitive brands manufactured in January and February, 1977, have been investigated microscopically for material content. N OF RECONSTITUTED TOBACCQ-- The reconstituted tobaccos and Listed are the descriptions of each company's reconstituted' sheets: AMERICAN BRANDS has one dark sheet made by the paper- making process. It contains large pieces of tobacco leaf and stem. BROWq& WILLIAMSON has two types of reconstituted sheet. One is a two-tone cast sheet and the other is a light colored sheet made by the paper-making process. Both~sheets contain medium size pieces of tobacco leaf and stem. LIGGETT GROUP has one type of sheet made by the paper- making process and contains medium size pieces of leaf and stem. A has one type of reconstituted sheet. It is a dark sheet approximately four times thicker than any other reconstituted sheet. It is made by the paper-making process and contains large pieces of tobacco leaf and stem. ;has three types of reconstituted sheet, two are made by the paper-making process and the other is a two-tone cast sheet. 1) H.R.L. is a light colored sheet containing large pieces of tobacco leaf and stem. 2) S.B.S. is a light colored sheet containing large pieces of tobacco stem. 3) R.C.B. is a two-tone cast sheet containing small pieces of tobacco leaf and stem. H.R.L. and S.B.S. are very similar in appearance. It is impossible to distinguish between the two when they are shredd'ed. BEYNOLDS has one dark sheet made by the paper-making process.

-2- It con::-ains large pieces of tobacco leaf and stem. There have been no obvious changes in the reconstituted tobaccos of Philip Morris and its competitors since they were investigated in Septlember, 1976. /mro cc: Dr. T. S. Osdene Dr. Mr. D. I. A. Lowitz Hasegawa