[ppi] [ppiindia] More nicotine in cigarettes than 6 years ago

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More nicotine in cigarettes than 6 years ago
Level has risen about 10 percent, regardless of brand, says report
 
Updated: 10:10 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2006
BOSTON - The level of nicotine found in U.S. cigarettes has risen about 10 
percent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to get 
hooked, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts 
Department of Health.

The study shows a steady climb in the amount of nicotine delivered to the lungs 
of smokers regardless of brand, with overall nicotine yields increasing by 
about 10 percent.

Massachusetts is one of three U.S. states to require tobacco companies to 
submit information about nicotine and the only state with data going back to 
1998.

Public Health Commissioner Paul Cote Jr. called the findings "significant" and 
said the report was the first new release on nicotine yield in more than six 
years nationally.

The study found the three most popular cigarette brands with young smokers - 
Marlboro, Newport and Camel - delivered significantly more nicotine than they 
did years ago. Nicotine in Kool, a popular menthol brand, rose 20 percent. More 
than two-thirds of black smokers use menthol brands.

Calls to Philip Morris USA, the United States' largest cigarette maker and 
manufacturer of Marlboro cigarettes, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 
manufacturer of Kool and Camel cigarettes, were not immediately returned 
Tuesday.

The study tried to measure nicotine levels based on the way smokers actually 
use cigarettes, health officials said, in part by partially covering 
ventilation holes as they smoke and taking longer puffs. Traditional testing 
methods which do not take real-life smoking habits into account, typically 
report lower nicotine contents, officials said.



Of the 179 cigarette brands tested in 2004 for the report, 93 percent fell into 
the highest range for nicotine. In 1998, 84 percent of 116 brands tested fell 
into the highest range.

Smokers who choose "light" brands hoping to reduce their nicotine intake are 
out of luck, according to the report that found for all brands tested in 1998 
and 2004, there was no significant difference in the total nicotine content 
between "full flavor," "medium," "light," or "ultra-light" cigarettes.

The finding means that health care providers trying to help smokers quit may 
have to adjust the strength of nicotine replacement therapies like nicotine 
patches and gums, according to Department of Public Health Associate 
Commissioner Sally Fogerty.



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