Year: 2022

NICOTINE CONTENT OF LIGHT CIGARETTES. "For decades now, cigarette makers have marketed so-called light cigarettes — which contain less nicotine than regular smokes — with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health. A new UCLA study shows, however, that they deliver nearly as much nicotine to the brain." http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/do-light-cigarettes-deliver-less-64109 View in LinkedIn

NICOTINE RECEPTOR SATURATION IN "NO-NICOTINE CIGARETTES". "The researchers also looked at de-nicotinized cigarettes, which contain only a trace amount of nicotine (0.05 milligrams) ... They found that even that a low nicotine level is enough to occupy a sizeable percentage of receptors." http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/do-light-cigarettes-deliver-less-64109 View in LinkedIn

DATA IN NICOTINE, TAR, AND CO, BY BRAND. For L&M brand, light vs full strength, respectively (values per cigarette): mg nicotine 0.7, 0.9; mg tar 10-12, 14-15; mg CO 12-15, 14-16. No big reductions in the light version, and no better for the health. Note that absolute nicotine per cigarette is not the same as brain levels, which get enhanced by additives. http://www.econdataus.com/cigra.html View in LinkedIn

NEW LAW. "On June 22, 2010, a law that bans tobacco manufacturers from using the terms “light,” “low,” or “mild” in tobacco product labeling went into effect. However, some manufacturers are using color-coded packaging ... and selling them to consumers who may continue to believe that these cigarettes are not as harmful as other cigarettes." http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/light-cigarettes View in LinkedIn

L&M. "When you smoke L&M cigarettes ... You draw into your mouth much less smoke and with much less nicotine and other nitrogenous constituents." View in LinkedIn

LIGHT AND MILD. "This is what the doctor ordered ... Extensive investigations of possible filter media ... Alpha cellulose removes one third of the smoke ... and heavier particles from the smoke stream." View in LinkedIn

L&M FILTERS: "This is it. L&M filters are just what the doctor ordered!" View in LinkedIn

PAL MALL. "Guard against throat scratch." View in LinkedIn

VIRGINIA SLIMS. ""You"ve come a long way, baby." View in LinkedIn

DOCUMENTARY: THE TOBACCO CONSPIRACY. "A history of the tobacco industry's lies and scams. From the US in 1953 to Africa today, the controversy between individual responsibility and corporate greed is portrayed in a lucid, undaunted manner." http://lnkd.in/du7WwJh View in LinkedIn