MULTS3 OF A SURVEY ON BUTT 1.1-aIGUIS OF -CIGAIn
U.S.A. 3970
Mron illf03'slation Collc-cted from consumer test
questionnaire over a
two year period, the follow .. ing resultc were
tabulated (all JiamcLcrs in
The second column of butt averages omita
the'excessively long butt
catc-C,ory where the rmoker cannot be caid to have
rmoked the whole cicar.
The third colwzui al~;o ozUt:; the UY.CL--I;iVUIY
chort butta oi .5flun or less
for a tij~--d cigar and approx. 16 mm. or leoo for
an untipped cigar.
TIPPED CIGARS Averare Total Butf. Length
oxcluding Tii) 14--nrth
corructed fGr
Approx. Fbn)os(-d No. of Averarc Total Too LuyF,
Too Lom;-
L21 Lunf,,~th 'Alu".'cl-S Butt Lvnt~21 Butt Too
Shoi-L
excludinr,, Tir, But t
Length.
9 74-- 6G9 15.9 14.2
9 ?3 19.5 16.8 16.o 16-5
12 83 288 3.9.3 18.1 19.5
10.$ - 11- 86 255. '18-3- 16.6 16.9-
10.5 - 11 92 729 22.1 19.1 ig.4
10..5 95 1,626 19.3 3.8.3. 20.2.
3.6 98.5 672 19.2 18.5. 20.6
12.6 10 1 39-3' 18.0 16.9 19.9
Average:. 18.6 17.2 19.0
Not directly: -comparable writh the. other tests
oil the same cigar sizes.
because of the use of a diffcrerit torrection fqr.
'"too- I-owlbuttt."
VNTIPPED CIGARS
4, o3if 33.4 8
14..5., 16-5 1 Pn gp,8 71.).4
1-7 18 124- 4,023 39.8. ?A 9 37.4
'16-3 - 17 127 2,06 33-7.
i6.5 3-38 2,026 37.8 33.2 34. 3
17-T i39 1, 6 25 35-3 3~- 1 33o2
As Uere iB'- iio c1 evide4ce to-x-u ort a
smaller"butt
PP length for
Wallor-c 'S gars., it ir. uuggeatcd that a butt
length of tip +- ' 17. mm., iis
a reauonable compromi-se-ftr #ppod ciGars, and a
butt longth of 33 MT. iU
r6 alijitic for-uhtipocd ci&ncrs.
302057172
BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 19
April 1999