STUDY: LESS-TOXIC CIGARETTES NOT HEALTHIER
New cigarettes extolling reduced toxic exposures may be promising
too much, says a U.S. study.
The predicted risks of lung cancer from "potentially
reduced-exposure product" cigarettes is not meaningfully lower
than for the conventional cigarettes most smokers puff every
day, according to the study in the journal Cancer Epidemiology
Biomarkers & Prevention.
Even if known toxins such as formaldehyde, arsenic and cadmium
are removed from cigarette smoke by the new PREP designs,
tobacco companies could not be sure the cancer risks had been
lowered in any meaningful way, Dr. James F. Pankow of Oregon
Health & Science University in Portland said in a statement.
Such promises are "speculative and unverified," Pankow added
