60 minutes tobacco scandal February 4, 1996: The cigarette whistleblower In 1996, 60 Minutes spoke

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Soon Wigand told Bergman another death threat had come

I didnt know the diary was going to be valuable. In one early entry, Wigand recalled, he recorded a promise made to him that he would be able to hire a scientific and medical advisory committee. Then, all of a suddenpoof! its gone. Wigands scientific ethics had been shaped during his years working for Johnson & Johnson

I realized they were all liars

That is bullshit, he says

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