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A Study of the Effects of Altering the Tar/Nicotine Ratio in Experimental Tobacco Carcinogenesis

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There was no statistically significant difference in specific mouse skin carcinogenicity between smoke condensate from plain, flue-cured tobacco cigarettes with a normal tar to nicotine ratio and condensate from filter-tip cigarettes made from selected flue-cured tobaccos with a reduced tar to nicotine ratio.

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  1. R F Davies
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  2. J K Whitehead
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The term “tar” is used in this paper as an alternative to the more scientifically correct term “total particulate matter.”

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Davies, R., Whitehead, J. A Study of the Effects of Altering the Tar/Nicotine Ratio in Experimental Tobacco Carcinogenesis. Br J Cancer 24, 191–194 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1970.22

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