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A INQUIRY - INFORMATION
QlAds
: When did the industn' stop adveriising on T-V'
A: The end ofTV advertising was \vv
1, ;ie- 2 Air Quality
Q: What can you tell me about tobacco smoking in
indoor air?
A: There are many factors that affect air quality.
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'3 Air Filter Machines
Q: 'Wlncrc can I buy an air filter machine?
A: You may check a local electrical retailer.
4 Environment
Q: 'Alm arc your cisgrette papers made out of?
A: Our papers are made from all-natural plant
fibres,
Q: Recyclable? Biodegradable? What's the story on
your cigarettes?
A: Our packaging materials are in fact recyclable
and most of them are biodegradable. But our
pack film, tcar tape. and iriner foil arc not
biodegradable.
5 Burn Additives
Q: Ulm do you put in your cigarettes to keep them
buming?
A: The cigarette papers used in making our brand
are made from all -natural ol-nt fibre.
Cigarette paper bums readily and we don't add
anything to keep cigarettes burning.
Q: Do your cigarette papers have bum additives"
A: The cigarette papers used in making our brand
are made from all-natural plant fibre.
Cigarcrte papers bum readily and %ve don't add
anything to keep cigarettes burning. However,
the paper has a substance that is found in citrus
fruits to ensure that it bums eveniv.
Q: 1k1at is in your bum additives?
A: Like most tobacco compartics, BAT treats this
information as proprietary and does not give
out the name.
6 Carbon Monoxide
Q: What is carb"onoxide?
A: Carbon. monoxide is a tasteless. odouricss eas
produced naturall% in buming.. such as in
cooki. eating, and. in relatively small amounts.
cigarette smoking.
Q: How much carbon monoxide do your cigarcrtcs
produce?
A:
Q: %~!w is the controversy over tar. nicaLinc and
carbon monoxidc" Why ar they considered
danizerous?
A. This is a complex issue. Would you likc: to
rcccivc somc information on this subject"
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BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28
October 1999