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Article: Marlboro Lights Smokers Misinformed; New National Survey Shows Ignorance About Lowered Tar, Nicotine Claim.
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- December 8, 2004
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Byline: Burness Communications
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- How many light or ultra-light cigarettes would someone have to smoke to get the same amount of tar as from one regular cigarette?
The correct answer is one, but only a handful of those who smoked Marlboro Lights, the leading cigarette sold in the United States, were able to give the correct answer to that question in a national survey published today.
"The vast majority of Marlboro Light smokers don't know that a typical smoker gets the same amount of tar and nicotine from one light or ultra-light cigarette as from one regular, non-filtered cigarette," according to K. ...