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In trying to Mnufacture a safer cigarette, companies found that removing 

 the tar fro« tobacco also removed "taste." In an effort to preserve 

 taste, they use a wide array of additives with questlonnable and 

 potentially dangerous effects, as noted by the following sources: 



Surgeon General ; 



"ii. order to enh?»<ice consumer "rceptablllty, flavoring substances 

 u^'v. cuded to cl9«rettes; it may be -hat the lower the 'tar' yield, 

 ti.^ ..'..I, e fla.Ci. leg additives are ised. It is Impossible to make an 

 asucisment o.' the risks of these idditlves, as cigarette 

 mai.jff.r'-.drt'-t: art not required '. .• aveal what additives they use. 

 No -^ . -cy o." > .. Federal Governi.^nt currently exercises oversight or 

 regulatory atthority in the manufacture of cigarette products. 

 Further, no agency Is empowered to require public or confidential 

 disclosure of the additives actually in use by the cigarette 

 manufacturers." '"* 



"... the production of cigarettes with lower tar' and nicotine 

 yields may involve the increasing use of additives for tobacco 

 processing or flavoring. Some additives available for use are 

 either known or suspect carcinogens or give rise to carcinogenic 

 substances when burned. The use of these additives may negate 

 beneficial effects of the reduction of 'tar' yield, or might pose 

 Increased or new and different disease risks. Therefore, the 'tar' 

 yield of cigarettes currently being manufactured probably cannot be 

 used as a precise measure of current smoke exposure risk, nor 6e 

 compared quantitatively with the smoke exposgce risk of the older 

 higher tar' cigarettes .' (emphasis added) 'Q* 



"Another complicating factor In determining the health hazards of 

 the lower-yield brands Is that additives for flavoring or other uses 

 In thtM brands have not been adeauately identified and tested for 

 adversa biological potential" '''' 



New England Journal of fledlclne : 



"... cigarette additives are more coawonly introduced into lower- 

 yield cigarettes to enhance their 'taste.': the Identity of these 

 additives is not disclosed to consumers, and they present unknown 

 risks to the smoker." '" 



Mother Jones: 



