Dr. David Kessler's war against tobacco | 60 Minutes Archive

In 1996, 60 Minutes spoke with then-FDA commissioner David Kessler about his investigation into the tobacco industry. Dr. Kessler presented Lesley Stahl with his evidence that tobacco companies had manipulated nicotine levels to hook consumers. "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making ...