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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1991
IN
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AUDITED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT
REQUIRED ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUPPLY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE DATA THE SURVEY.
ON
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ACCEPTS FIGURES BASED PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTS OR ESTIMATES WHICH ARE CORRECT TO THE BEST OF THE
RETURNS, RESPONDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION OF THE AUDITED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
ANY
ENQUIRIES REGARDING
IF
THE
DIRECTED TO THE SURVEY MAY BE
STATISTICS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 839 3230 OR 805 6441.
CIGARETTE TAR LEVEL UP
FOUND THAT THE
BEST-SELLING
HAS
THE LATEST GOVERNMENT TEST ON CIGARETTES AVERAGE TAR YIELDS AND NICOTINE YIELDS OF 107 BRANDS OF CIGARETTES IN HONG KONG HAVE BOTH GONE UP.
:
IDENTIFIED THE HALF-YEARLY TEST ALSO
ONE HIGH-TAR
BRAND OF
CIGARETTE.
EVEN
MORE
**
"THIS TREND IS WORRYING AS THE INCREASE IN TAR AND NICOTINE LEVELS MAKES CIGARETTE SMOKING
A HAZARDOUS,
GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID.
ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW OF TAR AND NICOTINE YIELDS OF CIGARETTES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE AVERAGE TAR YIELDS AMONG PER THE 107 BRANDS OF BEST SELLING CIGARETTES HAS INCREASED BY 0.4 MG
PER CIGARETTE WHILE THE AVERAGE NICOTINE LEVEL HAS GONE UP BY 0.01 MG CIGARETTE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS TEST.
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A MORE
BRANDS
COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE, STARTING FROM THIS REVIEW, TESTS ARE ALSO CONDUCTED ON THE LESS POPULAR OF CIGARETTES.
"IF LESS POPULAR BRANDS ARE INCLUDED, THE NUMBER OF BRANDS IN THE HIGH TAR CATEGORY WOULD BE SIX, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
**
GROUPS
BETWEEN THE
THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRANDS OF VARIOUS TAR CURRENT AND PREVIOUS SURVEY HAS REMAINED BASICALLY THE SAME.
IN
A FULL REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FINDINGS ON TAR AND YIELDS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE MAGAZINE.
NICOTINE "CHOICE"
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