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· on ci argue h Sical ro Crue? added, reshredded and used in cigarettes. The prac-
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A study began lll   formerly discarded as waste. The process is sometimes T
»..»» called “homogenization."
ig By FRANK ];_ BQRRIES, ]R_ Nicotine content has dropped from a former average
D<‘1*"”"*<’¤‘ Of Pumw Infofmaiion content of 2.5 percent (or even higher) to an average
~¤ The Old time re Ulm- el rm·e{te-exee t for the “kin - of about 1.5 nercent, with a to > of onl 1.75 iercent. .
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\ R size) non-filter-contains more tobacco than its newer The 1111t12ll ll1V(;‘St1g2`llZlOl1 began about 1956, Atkinson
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' <"*· Thats one finding ofthe U,K_ Ag Experiment Sta- are }_)lll`Cl12`lS€(l at varied lOC8t10l]S 11] tlle U.S. The
lr tion’s agronomy departments investigation into phy- brands studied constitute an estimated 90 percent of
sical properties of cigarettes. The project is continu- CigH1‘€tt€S produced in the U.S.
»·;¤ ing. The samples (two cigarettes from each package)
  __ Agronomist \V. O. Atkinson says the trend toward are stripped down and the tobacco separated into
r   iismallerii cigarettes—smokes of less circumference or COl11l)Ol1€l1lIp211'tS, i.€. 1'lllC-Cl11'(*(1,l)ll1'l€y, Turkisli, stem,
 'rt with filter tips which replace some of the tobacco- and l101110g€l1lZ€(.1 (I‘€CO1lStitUtG(l) f1'21Cti()11S. or tile
rx started several years ago. The trend apparently has l`€H12l1111Ug cigarettes, 10 are weighed and measured .
gloxvetl now_ for tobacco column size and filter length. Then the
`* * Other things noted in the lengthy check are (1) tobacco is analyzed for alkaloid content (nicotine
{ higher use of reconstituted tobacco; and (2) a grad- P€1'€€¤t€ig€)-
ry i ual trend toward lower nicotine content (making a
r *’* milder smoke). The six big companies now use re- C'9°"€"° sue D°°r€°$€d
~ J constituted tobacco in varying amounts; reconstituted For a time during the investigation, the size of the
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w VVV, E   ” »·*‘/;. Tlns trend continued until about 1959, Atkinson
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1   .1,     ·t.’   _... said. Since thcn. sizes have rcmamcd about the same.
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  »   0       Q l found that by 1959 no cigarette contained as much
    .—‘.i     »:=r...... “ tobacco as the old so-called `re rular’ ci; ’ &. ( “ °“ P""“° °‘ X —r r is ri} -- ·l·19(‘0 ·i1   · · r
(       (,7g,  A ftpi  up gnnpv  W  c,__,_;:      jfy lhcmscwch on any tx tn . in uy can y .. > , a six major mann at-
   V  -»-# ;.% Cigmmm phy tnrcrs were nsrng reconstituted tobacco in varying
(  » I ·~  Q   '   sieal proper- <{nairtitics—cnough in volumc that it was apparent thc
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  ‘‘‘‘°’   ’’‘., »[ _ .        _ ,   We cigarettes were not cxpcrnncntal typcs. Atkinson noted
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