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The Itudy did And a sisalfleam reUtlonhlp benveen the number of dguettet 

 smoked and lev«U of codninc and carbon monoxide in the body, it alio found thai uicu 

 »molced more dgtreiio ua dver«ge than womea A large majority of the nudy't 

 paftidpaiitt wtf« Hiipanlc Amcrictiu redding near Albuquei^u*. 



T\x9 Anowtoui Lun( Aawdatkin, ib» Amertuia Heart Astodaiiun, and the 

 American Cancer SodeQf, united at the Coalition on Smokins or Health, )i»v« peiition«d 

 the Fond and Drug Administration and tha Fademl Trade Commiulon 10 regulaic a* 

 'diu^' tliote tubacGu products that make health dalmt and use advertitiog and 

 promotional campaigns to miniead cnnsumert that some dgarattat are lofer, heohhicr. 

 aitd leti addictive than others, The peiiUun wm tlted in February 1992, but neither 

 agency tus yei responded to the rcqueit. nor to follow-up letten frnm the Coalitloa 

 appealing for action. 



The New Mexico study was coauthored by Dix. Christine Stldley and Jonathan 

 Samet. who are alitn arniiat^d with the Uoivardty of N«w Maxioo School of Mcdidne. 



For snokcri wliu ueed belp In beating tbdr tobacco addiction, the American 

 Lunc Auodatioc provides Freedom From Smnlring* dioTn and telf-h«lp materials. For 

 mora infoniMitiott, call 1-SOO-LUNG USA. 



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