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Show Cigaret makers urged to control contents Cigaret manufacturers can control the nicotine and tar yield of their product, offering offer-ing a potential importance in the control of diseases caused by smoking, says a new report. The study was conducted by George E. Moore, MD, and associates as-sociates at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Their findings were present- manufacturers are able to produce pro-duce cigarets with almost any yield of tar and nicotine from very low to very high. This potentiality po-tentiality is important inyihe control of diseases caused by cigarete smoking," the report said. The study showed tar yield in filter cigarets was influenced by its length and weight of filter. fil-ter. Tar yield in nonfilter cigarets cigar-ets was influenced largely by their length. Carcoal minimized "In this study," the report said, "charcal in cigaret filters had no discernible effect on tar or nicotine recovery. Tar content varied from a ed in "Cancer" an American Cancer Society magazine. The team of researchers said there are wide variations in the amounts of tar and nicotine yielded by 56 brands of cigarets cigar-ets studied. Product changes They suggested the manufacturers manufac-turers could aid in the control of diseases associated with smoking by altering their products. pro-ducts. "It seems clear that the low or a s milligrams to a high of 43.4 milligrams. Nicotine content varied from a low of .32 milligrams to a high of 2:64 milligrams, Dr. Moore said. De Gaulle, U.S. & War President De Gaulle has renewed re-newed his calls for self-determination for the Vietnamese people, peo-ple, neutralization of Southeast Asia and reconstruction of war-torn war-torn areas. He called the war "odious" and "detestable" and blames it on American intervention. |