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• 'Safer' Cigarettes May Be as Harmful as Regular Varieties 

Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2001-02-23
Author: Marc Kaufman / Washington Post Staff Writer; Page A02

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Written by a panel of 12 doctors and scientists for the academy's Institute of Medicine (IOM), the report recommends that tobacco companies be allowed to market cigarettes claiming to reduce risk only after a federal agency has scientifically concluded that they are "not false or misleading." Currently there is no federal authority to regulate tobacco.

In addition, the report concludes that manufacturers should be required to identify and disclose the toxic components of cigarettes designed to be safer so their possible link to disease can be assessed. There are more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, and many are known to be toxic.

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