In the correction to the article "Tobacco Carcinogens, Their Biomarkers and Tobacco-Induced Cancer" by Stephen S. Hecht, it is clarified that the authors of references 103 and 104 are not linked to the tobacco industry. The industry is using the results from these references to question the tobacco specificity of NNK and NNN adducts, suggesting that they might result from the nitrosation of myosmine, a tobacco constituent also found in small quantities in foods like potatoes, raw popcorn, and cream.In the correction to the article "Tobacco Carcinogens, Their Biomarkers and Tobacco-Induced Cancer" by Stephen S. Hecht, it is clarified that the authors of references 103 and 104 are not linked to the tobacco industry. The industry is using the results from these references to question the tobacco specificity of NNK and NNN adducts, suggesting that they might result from the nitrosation of myosmine, a tobacco constituent also found in small quantities in foods like potatoes, raw popcorn, and cream.