声明详述了吸烟和二手烟对健康的致命影响，包括低焦油和“清淡型”卷烟所造成的危害不比普通卷烟低；吸烟和尼古丁非常容易上瘾；而卷烟产品遭到“故意”操纵，以“最大限度地摄入尼古丁 ” 。
The statements detail the deadly health effects of smoking and second-hand smoke, including the fact that low-tar and “light” cigarettes are no less harmful than regular ones; that smoking and nicotine are highly addictive; and that cigarettes are “intentionally” manipulated to “maximize the ingestion of nicotine.”