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Article: Cigarettes of low tar and nicotine harmful
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 15, 2008
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Cigarettes of low tar and nicotine harmful
HONG KONG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Cigarettes containing low levels
of tar and nicotine were still harmful and the best way to protect
one's health was to quit smoking, said a spokesman for Hong Kong's
Department of Health here Tuesday.
"When smokers choose cigarettes in the low-tar group instead of
those from the middle-tar or high-tar groups, they may take larger
and more frequent puffs or even smoke more cigarettes each day,"
said the spokesman.
Citing the 2007 findings of the Government Laboratory on the tar
and nicotine yields ...