Archive for May, 2003

Philip Morris fires back

The nation's largest cigarette company defended its top-selling brand yesterday after a government study showed higher levels of one carcinogen in Marlboro cigarettes compared with other brands in some countries. Continue

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Marlboros High in One Carcinogen, Study Says

Marlboro cigarettes, the nation's and the world's most popular brand, have considerably higher levels of a potent cancer-causing compound than almost all other cigarettes produced by local tobacco companies around the world. Continue

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Study: Foreign Cigs Healthier

(CBS) American-made cigarettes such as Marlboros contain up to twice as much of a cancer-causing chemical as foreign brands, federal health officials said Friday. Continue

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Study Shows More Carcinogens in Marlboros Than Non-U.S. Brands

Marlboro cigarettes, the world's most popular brand, contained much higher levels of some cancer-causing substances than non-U.S. brands sold abroad, according to a new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue

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Levels of carcinogen higher in Marlboro cigarettes

Marlboro, the world's No. 1 selling brand of cigarettes, contains significantly higher levels of a cancer-causing agent than its rivals when purchased in many of the largest markets overseas, U.S. scientists say. Continue

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