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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994
RELEASING
THE
FINDINGS
OF
THE
TODAY REVIEW
(FRIDAY), GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN REPEATED AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC NOT TO SMOKE.
ACCORDING
TO THE REVIEW,
23 BRANDS
A
WERE OF CIGARETTES CLASSIFIED IN THE LOW TAR GROUP, 30 IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE TAR GROUP, 40 IN THE MIDDLE TAR GROUP AND 13 IN THE HIGH TAR GROUP.
THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TAR OBTAINED WAS 19 MG PER CIGARETTE THAT OF NICOTINE WAS 1.3 MG PER CIGARETTE.
"THE
LAW PROHIBITS THE SALE OF CIGARETTES WITH A EXCEEDING 20 MG PER CIGARETTE, " THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE REVIEW
WITH
A YEAR AGO, "COMPARED CIGARETTES IN THE MIDDLE TAR GROUP IN THE MARKET.
AND
TAR CONTENT
THERE WERE MORE
THE REVIEW ALSO SHOWED THAT 25 BRANDS WERE FOUND TO HAVE
FINDINGS LABELLED WITH TAR GROUPS INCONSISTENT WITH THE TEST SHOULD BE IN A HIGHER TAR GROUP AND THREE IN A LOWER GROUP,
"THESE DECLARED TAR GROUP DESIGNATIONS WILL HAVE TO BE ACCORDINGLY," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
BEEN
-
22
CHANGED
CIGARETTE PACKETS WERE INTRODUCED
IN ADDITION TO THE TAR GROUP DESIGNATION, MUST DISPLAY ONE OF THE FOUR HEALTH WARNINGS WHICH EARLIER THIS YEAR TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE HAZARDS OF SMOKING.
THE FULL REVIEW WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT EDITION CONSUMER COUNCIL'S "CHOICE" MAGAZINE.
OF
THE
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