Purely History on Instagram: "In April 1994, the CEOs of seven major U.S. tobacco companies testified before Congress during a famous hearing led by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. Under oath, each executive stated that they did not believe nicotine was addictive. The companies represented included Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, Lorillard, and others. Their testimony became one of the most controversial moments in U.S. corporate histor