Robinson, John Howard, Ph.D.
(RJR research scientist & psychologist, c. 1994)John Robinson, Ph.D., was a research scientist and psychologist in 1994 for R.J Reynolds Tobacco. (NYT 8/2/94) He appeared on ABC's "Day One" program. (March/April 1994) Robinson testified before RDA Drug Abuse Advisory Committee, on nicotine, on 8/2/94. (AP 8/2/94) Using the current standard definition of addiction, which he thinks is overbroad, Robinson cannot distinguish "crack smoking from coffee drinking, glue sniffing from jogging, heroin from carrots and cocaine from colas" (NYT 8/2/94) Robinson says nicotine is not addictive. He feels intoxication that is psychologically debilitating is the major defining trait of an addictive substance. (NYT 8/2/94). He was used as an expert in the Mississippi case.
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Robinson, John H.Robinson, John H., Ph.D.