Filter Ventilation and Design
UNDERSTANDING THE SMOKING PROCESS - THE WAY FORWARD FOR LOW DELIVERY PRODUCTS
Abstract
Reports on perceived future research needs in regard to developing a low tar cigarette that still delivers smoker satisfaction. Identifies the "health concerned (but as yet unsatisfied)" segment as "a market sector with significant growth potential." Notes need to understand smoking behavior, including smoker compensation, in order to achieve goals.
Fields
- Type
- Report
- Company
- British American Tobacco Co.
- Author
- Oldman, M.
- Thesaurus Term
- Low Yield Cigarettes
- Tar Level
- Smoker Compensation
- Industry Sponsored Research
- Behavior
- Tar Level
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Rese•=,_-'n Con~o=enoe, Cau~clt- &ue~st, 3.982
IIqDrJIqST~DZl~G THE 8MOK.--HG lnROCL~5 --
W~Y FO~ FOR ~ DELI"VtRY PltOI:)OCTS
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Zn response 1:o c:onsuautz" demure4, we h•ve been emgaged £or some oaeusJ.derable
1~ the deve3.op=umt and mau:ko~t.ng of ed.garettes w£~.h :edttoe~t smoke
dellver£es. 3Products have been imoi41jTJl~ed ~or P..host of otlJ~ OOVtBMMIrJ MhO,
vh4180 vJ.sh~ng to remsJ.n ¢~=00~0 smo~ers, ~r~4ye ~e ~rlon~ hu~£4t
fz~m muo~ng c4garo~tes y£el~g 1088 ~: 8n4 n£cotLno than £s ob~ad from
• Re more ~a~o~al p~u~. So ~i~on 100 the new c~ttas
aooempan£e4 by ~lhe n004 for t:he smoker t:o 8d~eullt hLs expecl'a~ons, jF6x~4~-u-
1:tr1¥ £n z~tspoc~ of /'.he emA~.~.s£a~t~Lon" cr: ~asS:e level w}t£ch he wJ.11 ob'caL-~
fz~m ~e: ~l£ve~ pro~hz~. For those ~o are" ~10 ~ a¢cmmaodate the
z'odXlct:Lon In serusoz7 and l=harmaaolo~r~al 80JJmla~.£0n, 4t= 48 assumed tha~. the
J~p14eu5 reasseucancm which they ob'c,a~ £z~m smo}clng lmwnr deZlve:~ p:ro4uc'~s
ena~b100 -,.hem to remain members o~ the smoking popu~at£0n.
~z=~nen~l~ 4~o Re low do14~ 8e~r, f~ to do 8o, ~en ~e
nuamz~s .a~np~s ~£th ~ va=£~y of m~14er pz~4~c~a. Th~ ~he~ are
• ~~n~ I=o 8~:Lt~h ~01¥ 1u~4 c~as • 8£~4££~an~ ho•lth concern
~v•~£0nr that: they £•£1, ~£4es 80me 84gn4£Lcan~ p=oducS: weaknesses.
G~en ~o •~z~nt=l~r h~.~ lev•l of unsu~=essf~ lon~te~m s~£~ez~, £~
~ea8o~le 1=o concl~ that ~o ~th ~ononrn~ (but as yot unsa~£8££ed)
smoke= ~=~ses • market, se~= with 8~££cant ~ po~Lal.
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Xn order ~ providt F:o~uc~8 in ~s JJtpo~t ~tteg¢=~, Lt v~l be ntees-
8az~ to devote considerable roJo&rch reso~rau to s£gu~f~can~l¥ ex~end our
u~de~s~snd~ng of the var£ous se~u;a~Lor~ a~soc~ated vA~h smokAng. Xn v£ev
of ~e mul~-£aceted natu=e o.~ ",.he phenomena to be stu~edt At As app=o-
p~£ate that ve conceAve of an holAstAc approach to research An th~ area,
• drawLng ~pon resources from a ~nge of ~esearch groups with ~GDC. Such a
¢o-o~a1:ed ::ese~rch pl~:~Fram~ :Ls berg ~nmtx~ed fz~m oncjo~n~ pz~:jec1~s,
each of vh:L~ As likely to p=ov44m 8Agn~ioant contrJ~uS~Lons ~:o ~ ~dLer-
standing o~ ~he ~o~y~ c~emi~a~, physAolc~A~al and phLwmacolc~Acal
re~u£rmn~ for a~var~ed 3~w d~]~Lv~ pL~lu~.
Xn orde~ to e~ablA~h ~.he ]~m~£~ of any new concep1~s or 4as£~as, refine-"
men~ and ex~ensA~ of our c~M ~Lng and ~mokAng behav~ou~ m~hods
w:LI~I. -.).,so be =eclu.~e4.
Xn essence, v~ ~ ~on£ronted by ~e nm~d 5Co ob~ma£n f~o~ mma~1 8mounts of
Smoke, the ~ 8emsoz~ and pba~m~co~i¢&l me~Ja~Lons, we a~e moe~ng
eo ach£eve enhanced ~fAcAenc? of[ ~a~Lon, on • per cAgace~Ce or per
pu~f~ basis, ~n order that the maximum sensa~Lon can be achieved at ~he
~Lo~es~ delAvmrM level - "~a~Ang the Smoke work ha:de='. &C ~e same l=Uae,
~he smoker must k able ".~ obl~n h:l.s salr~s~ac~A~m v£1~ou~ "vo~'k.,tng ha:de:"
- by "ove:smokAng" oz" &~temp~Lng ec~mpensa~LonO. In c~de~. 7.0 achAeve
~h4s~ vo need ~ :~=o £~l~Ly ~m4e=8~=a~4
(a) ~he mechanisms ~.h~gh ~Lch :ensoz7 and ~haz~ncolog4cal 8~1s
are :ece~Lved# ~-un~ed and t~anmla~od~
(b)
(c)
~he ~ponen~.s of 8moke wh£ch yAelfl ~hese seusa~Aons and vh4ch of
~ue are amenable" to W~Lfa~atLon o: 8ul~lmnentat~on~
(el)
~he An~erac~Lon ~e~veen produ~c ch~=a~e:£st£cs, s~ok.lng behav£ou~
(especAally p~ff 5~Lng) and produ~ ac~eF~abAiA~y..
All these fa~*.ezs v£11 have I=o be :e~oncAle~ ~Lth t~he smoke:': Lnhe:en~
..dAsposi~Lons ~ smoke An a l~az~Acula= v~y - la:gely dete=n~ned by ~As
expeziwnce o~ ~a41~Lonal, £~Ll-£Za~ou:e4 p:~4~-I~ Which 4e£Ane, a~ leas~
An ]pa~t, ILLs mx]pocs~Aonm of • deaA:a~le and accep~tble stall,Lag ex~er£en~e.
0~: i~.--~e: ~mde~s~an4An~ o~ I~e mk£ng pz~m8 w~11 ~IL=~ • roach olose:
exa~Lna~Le~ of ~he mm~Ang a~c. Zn ~a=~.teula=, the =ole of l~e ea=ly
mm~at=Aons J~t t~t mm~h, vhich ~ont~tJ~e .~o l~e =mmke:'s Amp=ess£em of
n~Is£acS~Lon. We believe ~'ta~ goo~ ~mo~Lng ~at~Le8 8~e a pre_-~[ulsLte
of an accel~le smoking eXl~=Aemcer ~ do ~ yet ~ whether the J~po=-
=e~s~t~Lon o~ "mmz/~d~Ll" £s ~nfe~ by £em~u~es 0£ t~e maoke ~=l~s
or is i~fe~ce4 t=~-~:mgh ~e~Lating 8ensm~Ao~s. We bellev~ ~h8~ ~e "]bo~e
0£ the mmok8 may'~ ~em~Lr.a~ly em~tn~ ~.sJ.Dg, £o~' ~1~: £a~ a~td
es~.~= e~UL~v~sr ve do ao'c k~c~ h=v theme chmm~28 8c~Leve ~3~L8 e££e~.
We believe 1~a~ ~he rome= expects • mu~J~ meusoz~ an4 1~ham~mlc~LrJ.1
rm~d for a g~ven pu~f4-g &ffo~, but ~ do no~ kno~ the ml&s~L~ ].~.ltk of
~J~Ls =o==el~1~Lo~.
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Here .epea4£L=al/y, we need to know much moz~ abo~ ~.he rela~Lonshtps
between smok£nv beh&v£ou: (especially puff. taJ~Lnq) and ".he seneoz~
evalua~Lcm of 5".he same ~LgaxT~tew £n o=de~ t.hst we Imy 4dent4£y 1:he
behav£oural and perceptual c~msequenaos of ~cuJ.ar 4es£gn changes.
&t ~ same ~.lmo, we need to 1:~re~l:~Lga~o ~h@ L-o].a~Lo~.sh£p )~wten 17uJ~£
takAng and Luhal&~.A.ou, £n o~ to kdon~.A.£y genuA.ne mouth-.oe~y ef£e~.-~',s
~t.£=h may Is@ ~pa~nt@4 £zmn 8eussa1:.t~ cm1¥ /J~£eurred from t~.he ).a~.er
jphazmao01odr~oal response to £nhaXaS~Lon. We need to 3mow mu~h more aleut
the JJ~luence of parS~L~Le ~Lze and aez~dynaml© e££e=ts o£ smoke Ln ~:he
mouth, J~ o:~ler ~o detez~lne th~ 81~5~L8~ and ~n]. ~=mponen~ of ~m~).
8~Amula~Lon and ~elr ~on~~ to sensory 8~s£at.L~n. We should have
rega=d no~ only ~.o 4J~e~ enhanc~men~ of des4rable 8ensa~Lons, but also
~o the m4~&~1¢m o£ und~s£nble se~sa~Lons. Zn ~h~s conr~e~cnt,
~l~1ohex~l alcohols a=e claLmed ~o £nh:i..b£~. malodou~ pe=cept:l.on. A~ ~ha
name ~Lmo, we should e~plore ~ho poss4ble ~].o£~t~Lm'~ o£ me=benZene
vt~Lch m~ po~ent£e~e des~raJ~Le z~sponses ~o smoke ~t~L~uen~8; £or
emample, the z~le of sa14vn~Lng agents, 1J.~e mu~'~so oc=t~-a~et~te, should
be ~u:the= £nvea~Lgstu4.
Zn e=~mazT, on= £u~ure z~sea=ch pro:Je=~s Ln th£s a=ee w£11 re£1e~ on=
~t~ment ~o be~5=e= understand ~J~ smoking p=ocoes ~i~ ~ be1£e£ ~het
thJ~s w/.).1, pr~r4de us 5rlt.h the moan8 to deusAgn and nell lm~ del£vet-y
Im~4~s ~ • smrk~ va£~Lng ~o be ~onv~n~ed ~,.hat ~.~: Ls pmssJ.ble ~=o smoke
~m~Lld" e~Lge=e~-es v:L1:.ho~t: 8a~=~££4cLng ss~=4s£~-~Lon and en~ol~em~..
z'eseaz'~t vJ.1], not only, en'~end ~ren~ p~ de~t~Lopment: p=£nc£ples,
Is expe~r.e~ to pz'o~rAde soma em~-el¥ new d:LmeneAons ~o our ~)~Lng aJ:<~L~
¢£gaz~:t~e 44sJ.gn,
Zn lmrSu.~tg ~hese goals, we need ~o know ~:i.c~ 8¢~.~v£'~Les £n o~hnr CA~
:0m~=h laboratories have a ~Lroc~ bea~Lng on this ptogz-anme and on
whJ.~h upecr.s 8ooue d.5.z~=T, collnbo=atJ.on might= be ar~ang~, Also, we
should ask wlh.i.ch othe= Xabor&tor£es/oper~ng ~spa~Les are ~ble to of£e:
£a¢411t£ee I=o ££e].d t~st ,tJ.Sp~J.~a~t 6~velopmem~=s a=~sLng £:om thOLe
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