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We have compiled a list of relevant articles and references that provide more information on tar and nicotine numbers.

Tobacco Industry Comments on Machine Test Methods
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) 2008 press release and proposal to Rescind FTC Guidance Concerning Current Cigarette Test Method.
Comments of Philip Morris USA in Response to the FTC's Proposal to Rescind Guidance Concerning the Current Cigarette Test Method

Choose from the following for articles reporting that some smokers have misunderstood the numbers:
An article from Tobacco Control Online: The Future of Tobacco Product Regulation and Control in Europe
A press release from the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI): Low-Tar Cigarettes: Evidence Does Not Indicate a Benefit to Public Health

For more information:

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 1998 letter discussing its program for the testing of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content of cigarettes.

Choose from the following for views by the public health community regarding low tar cigarettes and brand descriptors:

To read more about smokers' "compensation" and how it could affect the intake of tar and nicotine, choose from the following for articles relating to "compensatory" smoking behavior:

Press Release: U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Report of the Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke of Domestic Cigarettes Sold in 1998
A bibliography of additional references
View a diagram pointing out the typical location of ventilation holes on our cigarette brands that use them.
Access the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) 1967 press release describing the limitation of standardized machine tests. Click here to see the introduction to comments on FTC's proposed revisions submitted by major U.S. tobacco manufacturers.

PM USA periodically places an "onsert," or miniature brochure about smoking and health issues, on every pack of non-full-flavor cigarettes manufactured by the company.

To see a copy of this "onsert," click here.

View a diagram indicating the typical location of ventilation holes on our cigarette brands that use them.