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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1989
PAC HEARING NEXT WEEK
AN OPEN HEARING OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK FOLLOWING THE TABLING OF THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE REPORT IS ON THE ACCOUNTS OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31 AND THE RESULTS OF VALUE FOR MONEY AUDITS.
CHAMBER
9. .30 AM
THE HEARING WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23. THE MORNING SESSION WILL RUN FROM TO 12.45 PM, AND THE AFTERNOON SESSION FROM 2.30 PM TO 4.30 PM.
CONTROLLING OFFICERS WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE IN RELATION TO POINTS MADE IN THE REPORT.
DECREASE IN AVERAGE TAR YIELD OF CIGARETTES
OF
THE AVERAGE TAR YIELD AMONG THE 106 TOP BEST-SELLING CIGARETTES IN BONG NONG HAS DECREASED BY 1.3 PER CENT ΤΟ 14.8 MG/CIGARETTE COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE
15.0 MG/CIGARETTE IN THE LAST ANALYSIS. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST (13TH) SIX-MONTH REVIEW OF TAR AND NICOTINE YIELDS OF CIGARETTES RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT TODAY
WEDNESDAY).
FIGURES FROM RECENT SURVEYS SHOW A CONTINUED
DECLINE IN THE
AVERAGE TAN YIELDS OF CIGARETTES.
NO "HIGH TAR" CIGARETTES THAT IS THOSE WITH A TAR 29 MG AND ABOVE) WERE FOUND IN THE PRESENT SURVEY AND THE BRANDS OF CIGARETTES CLASSIFIED AS "LOW TAR" CIGARETTES FROM 20 IN THE LAST SURVEY TO 25 IN THE PRESENT SURVEY.
"THE RESULTS SEEM TO CONFIRM THE TREND OF CONSUMER FOR LOW TAR CIGARETTĖS. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
ADDED.
CONTENT OF NUMBER OF INCREASED
PREFERENCE
"BUT LOW TAR CIGARETTES ARE STILL HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH,
HE
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AVERAGE NICOTINE YIELD OF CIGARETTES HAS RISEN BY 3.2 PER CENT TO 1.29 MG/CIGARETTE WHEN COMPARED WITH
1.25 MG/IGARETTE IN THE LAST SURVEY.
"NICOTINI IS ADDICTIVE AND CREATES DEPENDENCI ON TOBACCO,"
WE ARE CONCERNED SPOKESMAN SAID.
ARODIT THE INCREASE IN YIELDS IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SURVEYS.
THE NICOTINE
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