Lower Tar and Nicotine Cigarettes

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Filtered cigarettes with lower machine-measured yields of tar and nicotine have been recommended as offering lower disease risks. However, these cigarettes commonly use ventilation holes in the filters and other engineering designs to artificially lower the machine measurements. Smokers, however, can compensate and preserve their intake of nicotine (and tar) by changing the manner in which they puff on the cigarette or the number of cigarettes smoked per day. There is no meaningful disease-reduction benefit for smokers who switch to lower-yield cigarettes, and smokers should be discouraged from thinking of low-yield cigarettes as an alternative to cessation.

Nicotine Addiction

• Disease Manifestations of Cigarette Smoking
• Nicotine Addiction: Cessation
• Nicotine Addiction: Introduction
• Nicotine Addiction: Other Forms of Tobacco Use
• Nicotine Addiction: Pharmacologic Interactions
• Nicotine Addiction: Physician Intervention
• Nicotine Addiction: Prevention

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Nicotine Addiction: Cessation   Nicotine Addiction: Physician Intervention   Nicotine Addiction: Other Forms of Tobacco Use   Nicotine Addiction: Introduction   Nicotine Addiction: Prevention   Disease Manifestations of Cigarette Smoking   Nicotine Addiction: Pharmacologic Interactions

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