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"Hub »(u(ly Gunflrms tbti tbere's no sucli ttung as a safer type of ciganttt,' uid 

 Luo( AssodatiOD Pietklent Dr. AtFred Miinzer. 'Ads toutiag low tar »nd aleodn« yields 

 or* deospttvc «n<2 ought to be banned.' 



The new findiniis are reponed in the Aavisl American RevUw rtf Krspvatory 

 Dlntat,* an ofEciol journal of the American Tlor&cic SocicQr, llic Luug AModatioo's 

 nnedical tectioo.' 



"If you'Te trying to predict the ultimate exposure that people get from cigarette 

 smoking, I'd kny ihat the FTC data aren't at aU uscftil," ssys Dr. David Umltas, lead 

 author of (he Itudy and a profetaor at the University nf New X«ezia> School of Medidne. 

 "Fix; dot* are obtained by smoking nwchinej, which brnuke in a verj nandardlsed 

 manner," taid Dr. Coultax. "But people imoke to obtain nicotine, and ihc/ll uie various 

 technique*, either consciou*ly or unoonsdously, to emure they get the level they want" 



These techniques may Include Inhaling more »molte per puft, inhaling it more 

 deeply. holdifl| smoke longer in the limgt. and blocking the ftiAolet on cigarene fihers 

 that dihite the smoke entering the body. 



"Millions ot smokcre have been duped Into thinking the hrand* they n«e ere (eu 

 h»»ardou»," uyc Dr. Munsar. 'Low-yield brand* give tmoken a faUe KilK uf MMJUfllyi 

 wlwo the only .tafe optitm is quUtlng." 



