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Subject: NEW TOBACCO RESEARCH LADS
OTTAWA, January 22, 197.3 New laboratories are-to
be donstructedparly in 1973
at the Tobacco Reseamh Station, Delhi, OAt. The
announcement was made toda]r
by Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan and National
Health and Welfare Minister
Marc lalonde.
Both departments are contributing resourcea-to a
Tobacco and Health
R4 tsearch Program, part of which is located bit
Delhi.
"the long-term aim at Delhi is to 4evolop tobacco
varieties and
cultursl, curing, and other techniques -that can
contriWtv' toward
the production of less'hazardous cigarettes,"Mr.
Whelan said.
Preliminar7 work has already deAmstrated. for
example, that cigarettes
prtduced fr lower IiUVes ottobacc,6
plants produce much lea 9 tar.and.. al
tMn . . cigIarettes, pr'odu6ed fr=, upper leaves.
Through din&.0anada way be-03A to develop a
whole-plant
plaftt..brce
contAiulng a much lower pexteentago ot
tar-Rtadua:14.' a title is a njo~tine
6 w nt nd
_thin-is the case in present vari'ties..
Thus-new typ9s'-of 'tobacco when d6oftntd-Idih
turing--pror-esses. such as, them production of
rcooneUtuted tobacad sheet and
-j~
"noements in Mte
-r design, *ou~d enable further steps to be
taken"in
pro4iiSing -that- ww1d- expose. anokers to feiier
hamful subaQiwes,
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Roscaavh will be coaductud on I-lit, rIt"i9tr7
an:I-r,%YaIOI()U of tile tobacco
plant as well as t)io chcmical and phyaical
charactoristica of ciL;aretto mwke at
the Agriculture Canada Research Station, Delhi, in
new laboratorica being LnLUt b:-
the Department of National Health and Welfare.
In-&ddition, chcmical and pbysical
characterization of-the smoke and other
studies will be carried out at the University of
Vlaterloo which-conductsthe tvice-
yearly tar and nicotine tt-sts for the Department
of National Ilealth and Welfare.
"This three-way cooperative research between two
goverment depaztments
and a university will contribute to intemational
efforts to produce leba hazardous
tobacco products and facilitate Canadats guidance
of the tobacco industrr in matters.
affecting health," Mr. Lalonde said.
Commications on these matter's-between the two
goverment departments
vith tobacco =mufaeturers,jhrough the Canadian
Tobacco Manufactiamrs Council, aftd
with growers, throt-110 tbe r)ntario MO-Oured
Thbacco Growers Marketing Board,go on
regulaO,y.
"The Joint research provem. Is one component a
broad program to reduce
b&Zikr -cigAftttos at ELL he Depa
40. Qf ~U~'oi National Health and
Welfare is involved. It Includes-public. education
studies of va-ya tp I
elp,
a'yqid or di3continue'salokLng, and surveillanoo
of cigail-ettea on,the~
market,," -Mr. jalonde said.
Itcatada :Vb'now_fo%ujxIatjng positive -or
programs. towagd3 developing ti~mir
to Y44" jid' with~ e,- iaizatfai that `E
tobacco must,mest-c'ertAin nw
quality,'criteria.,11 Mr. 'Whelan said. 1111b9
new---
Iaboratohies at Delhi will play an essential role
in moving towards. these objWtives.- -
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