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Reanalysis of Cigarette Content Confirms Tobacco Companies Have Increased Addictive Nicotine 11 Percent Over Recent Seven-Year Period (@ Harvard School of Public Health)

I don’t smoke, so I don’t usually pay attention to news about smoking, but this study by Harvard School of Public Health sure picqued my interest.  Here’s an excerpt:

A reanalysis of nicotine yield from major brand name cigarettes sold in Massachusetts from 1997 to 2005 has confirmed that manufacturers have steadily increased the levels of this agent in cigarettes. This independent analysis, based on data submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) by the manufacturers, found that increases in smoke nicotine yield per cigarette averaged 1.6 percent each year, or about 11 percent over a seven-year period (1998-2005).

I wonder if there’s a way to discover how much money the tobacco industry funnels into the stop smoking industry?

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