Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> April 10, 2000

Outlook For Global Tobacco : David Adelman – Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

DAVID ADELMAN is a Principal at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, where he follows the tobacco industry. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics with Honors and an MBA in Finance and Business Policy from the University of Chicago. He has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding national tobacco policy, and has been a frequent guest on the Jim Lehrer News Hour. Mr. Adelman is a member of the Consumer Analysts Group of New York and the NYSSA. Profile
TWST: What's most striking about the current dynamics of the global

tobacco industry? Is it dominated by US litigation?

Mr. Adelman: I think certainly for the companies with exposure in