THE MONTREAL GAZE71CE, SEPT~-XBZR 2, 1965
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Research Claim:
Heal"thiL"r Cigavet. I
TORO--\7TO - 0 - Two
private researchers claim to
have developed a cigaret that
is safer and healthier to
s m 0 ke than conventional
types.
The two - David Laing,
senior technician at the Uni-
ver'ity of Toronto Metallurgy
Department, and James A. E.
I of
Be I , the International
Nick el Co. at Sudbury. Ont.
- h ave studied heat gener-
ted by burning ciprets,
cigars and pipes.
Heat is the key to die harm-
fu I effects of eigarets, they
said. Pipes and cigars burn
.at lower heat.
They claim to have been
able to get the temperahure
of eigaret smoke down to the
level of pipes and cig"ars t,
altering the design of the
cgaret and the way tobacco
E packcEl in Llie paper.
They said loweringg the coni-
b u s t i o n temperature was
found
to eliminate irritan,.s
in the smokc. Flavor was uz-
~hanged and sometimes lm-
p-.oved.
They are trying to Pawn'.
their developnicit and sa:d
the Reynolds Tobacco Co., of
Winston-Salem, N.C., is ter,
ing the design.
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BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 5
November 1999