Re-analysis of cigarettes confirms tobacco companies increased addictive nicotine 11 percent
A reanalysis of nicotine yield from major brand name cigarettes sold in Massachusetts from 1997 to 2005 has confirmed that manufacturers have steadily increased the levels of this agent in cigarettes. This independent analysis, based on data submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) by the manufacturers, found that increases in smoke nicotine yield per cigarette averaged 1...Low-Tar Cigarettes As dangerous As High-Tar Cigarettes
Addicted smokers sometimes switch to lower tar cigarettes in hopes of continuing with their habit and hoping to not experience the consequences of higher tar cigarettes.// Non-filter cigarettes make up less than 1 percent of sales in the United States and United Kingdom. A new study shows the risk for lung cancer is the same for people who smoke medium-tar cigarettes, low-tar cigarettes, or...Reducing Number Of Cigarettes Not Enough
Cigarette smoking is the cause of 90 percent of the world’s lung cancer cases. Smokers who substantially reduce // the number of cigarettes they smoke per day are exposed to lower amounts of a potent tobacco carcinogen, or cancer-causing agent. However, the reduction in the amount or concentration of the carcinogen exposure is often temporary and not proportional to the reduction in cigarett...Light Cigarettes - Not So Light?
A research which examined the tobacco byproducts in the urine samples of smokers found out that people have been fooling // themselves by thinking that they are getting fewer cancer-causing substances from smoking “light” or “ultra-light” cigarettes. No significant difference was found in the amount of these dangerous byproducts in smokers’ urine, regardless of the type of cigarettes th...British company developing ‘Safer Cigarettes
Lung cancer and other cancers are mainly caused by cigarette smoking and smoking with alcohol ten folds increases the risk of cancer occurrence. In order to reduce the risk of cigarette carcinogens, British American Tobacco company is in the process of testing //their new range of “safer cigarette” which they feel will reduce the carcinogen exposure to smokers. The company is testing t...Nicotine patches instead of cigarettes – New Year resolutio
A new resolution has been passed in United Kingdom which allows prescription of nicotine patches to children’s above the age of 12 and pregnant women as the risk associated with smoking is higher than the danger // associated with nicotine patches as earlier the sale of nicotine patches was not allowed to children’s, pregnant and breast feeding women and people with chronic diseases such as heart...