Contents 
Summary 168 
Question-and-Answer Session 168 
References 171 
Chapter 13. Cigarette Design Technologies Reduce Smoke 
Yield and Expand Consumer Choices: The Role 
and Utility of the FTC Test Method 173 
Background 173 
Cigarette Design and Changes in the Cigarette Market 174 
Utility of the FTC Test Method 176 
Question-and-Answer Session 180 
References 191 
SECTION II. Transcript of Second-Day Discussion 193 
SECTION III. Recommendations and Findings 239 
SECTION FV. Overview of 1980 to 1994 Research Related 
to the Standard Federal Trade Co mmi ssion Test 
Method for Cigarettes 249 
Introduction 249 
Parameters of the FTC Test Method and Current 
Smoking Patterns 250 
Impact of Changing Parameters of the FTC Test Method 
on Absolute Yields of a Cigarette Brand and Relative Yields 
of Different Brands 252 
Tar and Nicotine Yield by the FTC Test Method and 
Amounts Delivered to Smoker 253 
Relative Yields of Different Brands by the FTC Test 
Method and Amount of Nicotine Absorbed by Smokers 257 
Yield by the FTC Test Method and Absorption of Nicotine 
in Switchers 259 
Yields by the FTC Test Method and Other Constituents 
Using FTC Puff Profile 270 
Proposals To Change the FTC Test Method 273 
References 273 
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