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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 21 Low tar and nicotine cigarettes: health and safety |
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| | In the late 1970's, medical textbooks advised physicians to recommend low tar |
| | cigarettes if a patient was not able to stop smoking. |
| | The Cigarette Papers, p. 360 |
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| | An estimated two thirds of U.S. smokers either are unaware of the presence of vents |
| | on cigarettes, or do not know that tar yields increase when vents are blocked. |
| | Cigarette brands delivering less than 15 mg of tar accounted for almost 73% of total |
| | cigarette sales in 1995. |
| | JAMA, February 11, 1998, pp. 424-425 |
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| | Sales of filter cigarettes increased from 1% of the total market in 1950 to 51% in 1960 |
| | and 95% of the market by 1988. The proportion of "low tar" brands increased from |
| | 2% in 1967 to 54% in 1988 and 69% in 1992 |
| | Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking, p. 328 and New York Times, |
| | April 12, 1996, p. D17 |
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| | Filter cigarettes increased from 0.3% in 1949 to 51% in 1960 and 97% by 1992. |
| | Cigarettes yielding less than 15 milligrams of tar rose from 2% in 1967 to 69% in |
| | 1992 and 73% in 1995. |
| | Epidemiologic Reviews 17:49, 1995 |
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| | Filter cigarette sales in China increased from 40% of cigarettes sold in 1989 to 77% |
| | in 1995. |
| | New York Times, August 27, 1997, p. A7 |
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