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OTTAIIWA, arri.-tr-7 22, '1@173 few lat<,r-ttorie.3 are to be constructed Farly in 1973
at the Totacco Fne-arch Station, Dcl@'-., N.. The announc-M.0-nt was Made todeky
by Agriculture 141nir,',-er Eugene Whclar. and ;national Health and Welfare Hinister
Marc Lalonde.
Both deya.-tr-7rts are contributing resources to a Tobacco and Health
Research n-aaram, Part of which is located at, Delhi.
11he long-tern aim at. DelhI is to de-r@-Iop -abacco varieties and
culIvurral, curing, and other processIng technicraes that can contribute toward
the proluction of less hazardous cij:-irett, Mr. Whelan said.
Preliminary work has alrea,.1.7 -!-nfor. ated for example, that cigarettes
produced from lower leaved of tobacco VI-ants produce much less tar and nicotine
than cigarettes produced frem i-pper levics.
Thr,@tt!ph plant breedin;-, Canada ma7 be able to develop a whole plant
containing a -m;ca lower percenInre of tar-producIng constituents and nicotine
thin is the came in present varieties.
Thus, new typeVof tobacco when rombined with improvements in vanufac-
turing processes such as the Production of recon3tltuted tobacco sheet and
advancements In filter design. would enable further steps to be taken in
prcd%jr.bg cigarettes that wall exVise Rmokera to fewer harmful substances.
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Plant as well as Lhe chc=lcal aq;. phys!zirtl characteristics of cigarette make at
the Agriculture Canada ",4scar-ch nation, DeLIU, in new laboratories being built by
the Department of National P---,l'.h and t4elfare.
In ad!-- Lion, ch=lcal and ph.Trical characterization of the make and other
studie:s win be chrried cr-.!. lot 1Unj-.-e:-sjL.; of Waterloo which conducts.,the twice-
yearl.v tar and r'rotirm trots the of ],catch and Welfare.
"This three-war coopcr-ilive recearcli be',-.I,-Tn I.vo government departmen'.3
and a university will con'.ribut-u- to iqtc@na--Ianal effo.-Ws to produce less haMrdaus
tobacco products alld fact-Utat.- Canada's Sul.-!ance of the tobacco industr7 in matters
affecting health," Fx. laloH-- esid.
Commni:atian3 on thev@ mattf-re" brttiqen the tuo e
Cov rment departments
vith tobacco manu:acturers, thr--@-rh the Can-vldan Tobacco Ya,-mfacturers Council, and
vith growers, thr-.u&h the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers YArketing Board,go on
replar3,7-
'"Ibe joint research program i5 one component of' a broad program to reduce
the baZ8rd3 of cigarette smicking, in which trip Department of Natioral Health and
Welfare is UM-Ived. It includes public education, stud!es of vayu to help
Canadians avoid or discontinue =iokine, art surveiLlance of cigarettes an the
market," Mr. laloMe said.
"Canada ia now foxinulating positive prog-nma. towards developing t-7pes of
tobacco predicts which will be required in the future, with a realization, that
tobacco must. aret certain now quality criteria," Mr. Whelan said. "The mow
2aborstories at Delhi wiU play an essential role in morning towards these objectives.1t
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