Prevalence of the misuse of ultra-low-tar cigarettes by blocking filter vents

L.T. Kozlowski, M.A. Pope and J.E. Lux

American Journal of Public Health, 1988, vol. 78, issue 6, 694-695

Abstract: Evidence from tar-stain patterns in 135 cigarette filters discarded in ashtrays in public areas of shopping malls was used to estimate the prevalence of behaviorally blocked air dilution vents in ultra-low-yield cigarettes. Nineteen per cent (± 4, standard errors of the mean) of the filters had been blocked extremely, 39 per cent (± 5 SEM) had been blocked to some degree, and 42 per cent (± 5 SEM) had not been blocked at all. Smokers, health practitioners, and researchers need to be warned of the risks of vent blocking.

Date: 1988
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