| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 21 Low tar and nicotine cigarettes: health and safety issues |
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| "Yishou healthy cigarette was especially recommended at the 10th World Conference |
| on Tobacco or Health," states a brochure. "A finest selection of Chinese herbs and |
| natural spices serves as a substitute of tobacco and helps to give up smoking |
| addiction in an easy manner." |
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| Cigarettes made from lettuce are being marketed as an adjunct for patients who are |
| trying to stop smoking. |
| Neal Benowitz, M.D., Tenth National Conference on Nicotine Dependence, |
| Minneapolis, October 17, 1997 |
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| A cigarette called Bravo made from enzyme-treated lettuce was successfully |
| re-introduced in 1997 after a failed marketing attempt in 1969. It is advertised as a |
| nicotine and tobacco-free safer alternative to standard cigarettes. |
| U.S. News and World Report, October 27, 1997, p. 66 |
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| "Low tar cigarettes are a fraud." |
| John Slade, M.D. |
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| The Federal Trade Commission protocol for machine - smoking analysis of smoke |
| "underestimates nicotine and carcinogen doses to smokers and overestimates the |
| proportional benefits of low-yield cigarettes." |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, January 19, 2000, p. 106 |
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