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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1986
+THERE IS A PREPONDERANCE HERE OF MIDDLE TAR AND LOW TO MIDDLE TAR BRANDS, BUT THERE ARE NO HIGH TAR AND ONLY FOUR MIDDLE TO HIGH TAR BRANDS ON THE MARKET, AS AGAINST A DOZEN LOW TAR,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
TWO BRANDS AT THE TOP OF THE MOST RECENT TABLE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER TAR AND NICOTINE YIELDS COMPARED EVEN TO OTHER LOW TAR BRANDS.
+BUT SMOKING LOW TAR OR LOW NICOTINE CIGARETTES IS NOT SAFE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID. +IT IS MERELY A MARGINALLY SAFER WAY TO CONTINUE WITH A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS HABIT.+
+THERE IS EVEN SOME MEDICAL EVIDENCE THAT A FEW HEAVY SMOKERS WHO HOPE TO REDUCE THE RISK TO THEIR LIVES BY SWITCHING TO LOW TAR OR NICOTINE CIGARETTES, MERELY COMPENSATE EITHER BY SMOKING MORE, OR BY INHALING THE LOWER YIELDS MORE THOROUGHLY, TO GET THE SAME EFFECT, HE ADDED.
+HOWEVER, SINCE TAR AND NICOTINE ARE CIGARETTES' MOST LETHAL ELEMENTS AMONG MANY, THE FORMER LEADING TO LUNG CANCER, THE LATTER SIMILARLY CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH A NUMBER OF HEART DISEASES, THE SMOKER WHO TAKES IN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS OF THEM IS NOT AT QUITE SUCH A RISK+.
THE GOVERNMENT THEREFORE FELT IT WAS USEFUL TO CONTINUE THE REGULAR PUBLICITY ON TAR AND NICOTINE CONTENT, PARTICULARLY DURING THE PRESENT ANTI-SMOKING CAMPAIGN, HE EXPLAINED.
+FAR BETTER THAN MERELY SWITCHING BRANDS IS TO GIVE UP,+ HE SAID, AND HE SUGGESTED SMOKERS MAKE A START NEXT THURSDAY (NOVEMBER 20) WHICH WAS DESIGNATED A SMOKEOUT DAY.
PROVISIONAL BOARD MEMBER SPEAKS ABOUT LDC *****
THE ORIGINAL INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN PROMOTING THE IDEA OF A LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LDC) WAS TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION OF LAND AND TO FACILITATE THE SITE FORMATION PROCESS IN A CONTROLLED AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.
A MEMBER OF THE LDC'S PROVISIONAL BOARD, MR SAMUEL P.W. WONG, WHO IS ALSO AN URBAN COUNCILLOR, SAID THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) IN A LUNCHEON SPEECH TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND WEST.
MR WONG ADDED: +HOWEVER, THE ROLE OF THE LDC WAS EXTENDED LATER TO ACCOMMODATE URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS SITE PROMOTION.+
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