[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 43019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17588]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Report of the ``Tar,'' Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide of the Smoke 
of 1294 Varieties of Domestic Cigarettes for the Year 1998

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 1294 Varieties of 
Domestic Cigarettes for the Year 1998.''

DATES: July 12, 2000.

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, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20580. 
Telephone (202) 326-3128.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ostheimer, Staff Attorney, 
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 600 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20580. Telephone (202) 326-2699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This report contains data on the ``tar,'' 
nicotine, and carbon monoxide yields of 1294 varieties of cigarettes 
manufactured and sold in the United States in 1998. 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 cagarette varieties. 
TITL provided the results to the respective cigarette companies, which 
then provided the data generated by TITL regarding their own brands to 
the Commission in response to compulsory process. 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 FRC in response to compulsory process.
    In response to concerns that have been raised regarding the 
accuracy and utility of the testing method currently used to determine 
the ``tar,'' nicotine, and carbon monoxide ratings of cigarettes, the 
Commission in 1998 requested the assistance of the Department of Health 
and Human Services in reviewing the scientific and public health 
questions surrounding the test method and, if appropriate, determining 
how the test method should be changed. In its two most recent reports 
to Congress pursuant to the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising 
Act, the Commission has recommended that Congress consider giving 
authority over cigarette testing to one of the Federal government's 
science-based, public health agencies.

    By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-17588 Filed 7-11-00; 8:45 am]
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