[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18990]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Report of the Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yield of 1206 
Varieties of Domestic Cigarettes for the Year 1994

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission publishes the Report of the Tar, 
Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yield of 1206 Varieties of Domestic 
Cigarettes.

DATE: July 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the full report are available from the FTC's 
Public Reference Branch, Room 130, 6th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326-3222.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phillip S. Priesman, Attorney, Federal 
Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 6th St. and 
Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. Telephone (202) 326-
2484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These are the most recent test results of 
the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide levels of the smoke of domestic 
cigarettes reported by the FTC. This Report contains data on 1206 
varieties of cigarettes manufactured and sold in the United States in 
1994. The Tobacco Institute Testing Laboratory (TITL), a private 
laboratory operated by the cigarette industry, conducted the tar, 
nicotine, and carbon monoxide testing for the widely-available domestic 
cigarette varieties. This testing was conducted under the review of a 
representative of the FTC through periodic unannounced inspections. 
TITL provided the results to the respective cigarette companies. The 
companies provided the data generated by TITL regarding their own 
brands to the FTC in response to compulsory process issued by the 
Commission. Cigarette smoke from generic, private label, and not-
widely-available cigarettes was not tested by TITL, but was tested by 
the cigarette companies and provided under compulsory process to the 
FTC. The methodology, processes, and procedures that the companies and 
TITL employed are required to be the same as those the Commission has 
followed in the past.
    In October 1996, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) published the 
7th monograph in its smoking and tobacco control series: ``The FTC 
Cigarette Test Method for Determining Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon 
Monoxide Yields of U.S. Cigarettes: Report of the NCI Expert 
Committee.'' In light of the concerns raised by the NCI conferees about 
the current system, the Commission is giving careful consideration to 
possible changes in the test method.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-18990 Filed 7-17-97; 8:45 am]
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