[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3576-3577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1649]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Report of the Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke of
1249 Varieties of Domestic Cigarettes For the Year 1995
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission publishes the Report of the Tar,
Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke of 1249 Varieties of
Domestic Cigarettes.
DATES: January 23, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the report are available from the FTC's World Wide
Web site at: http:www.ftc.gov and from the FTC's Public Reference
Branch, Room 130, 6th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20580. (202) 326-3222.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tonya Esposito, Legal Assistant, Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of
Consumer Protection, 6th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20580. Telephone (202) 326-3247.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These are the most recent test results of
the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide yields of the smoke of domestic
cigarettes reported by the FTC. This Report contains data on 1249
varieties of cigarettes manufactured and sold in the United States in
1995. 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 the test results were provided to the FTC
in response to compulsory process.
On September 9, 1997, the Commission issued a notice requesting
public comment on proposed revisions to the testing method currently
used to determine the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide ratings of
cigarettes. The proposed methodology would require that each cigarette
variety be tested under two different sets of smoking conditions,
rather than the single set used under the current system. The revised
test method would produce tar,
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nicotine and carbon monoxide yields using both the current testing
parameters and more intensive smoking conditions, thus producing a
range of potential yields for each cigarette. The Commission also
requested comment on: (1) the feasibility of generating the upper tier
of ratings through mathematical formulas, rather than actual testing on
a smoking machine; and (2) the usefulness and feasibility of two
different legends that could be used in advertising to disclose the
ratings. Comments are due by February 4, 1998.
By direction of the Commission, Commissioner Thompson and
Commissioner Swindle not participating.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1649 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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