Have tar and nicotine yields of cigarettes changed?

Lynn T. Kozlowski; W. S. Rickert; J. C. Robinson; Neil E. Grunberg

doi:10.1126/science.7433979

Have tar and nicotine yields of cigarettes changed?

Lynn T. Kozlowski^*, W. S. Rickert, J. C. Robinson, Neil E. Grunberg

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Abstract

In official assays of the tar and nicotine yields of 12 popular brands of cigarettes, smoking machines took fewer puffs, on the average, in 1974 than in 1969. The decline in puffs appears to have been a major cause of the reported reductions in tar and nicotine yields during this period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1550-1551
Number of pages	2
Journal	Science
Volume	209
Issue number	4464
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7433979
State	Published - 1980
Externally published	Yes

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