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Details percentage of free and bound nicotine, and smoke pH for Kent III and experimental low-tar cigarettes.

Reports a simple extraction method for the simultaneous measurement of nicotine and menthol. Says this method is used to study the effects of air dilution on puff-by-puff deliveries of nicotine and menthol. Finds increased air dilution enriches the nicotine content of tar more than menthol and this procedure is useful for analyzing cigarette filler.

Delineates proposed research in support of a project whose objectives are: 1) the development of a low tar cigarette with a "taste level of a Kent Golden Light" and 2) the development of an 8mg tar delivery cigarette with the "taste level of a Marlboro." Notes that technology developed in this project will be applied to improvements of other brands marketed "by the company." Discusses the technical and organizational difficulties involved in finding successful ways in which nicotine delivery relative to tar can be increased "so the new products would have an appealing impact to the smoker."

Discusses the smoking and health controversy and the current competition the tobacco industry is facing from companies in other industries who are researching and marketing synthetic, non-tobacco cigarettes. Challenges the safety and effectiveness of the materials being used in non-tobacco cigarettes. Queries as to whether these new cigarettes are any safer than tobacco cigarettes, noting that they "'present unknown and possibly entirely new potential hazards.'" Notes that a non-tobacco cigarette may very well be "the hoax of the century."

Reports on results of subjective smoking tests for harshness of a controlled-profile cigarette. Uses an "11 point judgement scale." Used Winston cigarettes as a control. Concluded that harshness and taste level increases are subjectively discernible from the first to the last quarter (of the rod) in the Winston but no such evidence in the C.P. cigarette.

Relates the procedure for testing of a cigarette coated with a paraffin wax to obtain a controlled-profile cigarette. Says the procedure caused "increased RTD" during smoking and that lack of control over the puff at which an increased RTD occurred caused further work on this approach to be curtailed.

Describes how providing smokers delivery information influences the acceptability of low delivery cigarettes. Finds delivery level disclosure influences acceptability primarily in: females in the 35 plus age bracket, "health smokers," and smokers who smoke 30 or more cigarettes per day. States "a real marketing advantage is gained by calling attention to the delivery values of low delivery cigarettes."

First of two studies is an exploratory study relating six social psychological factors (health, stress, arousal need, environmental, socio-cultural, role definiton) to four factors related to smoking behavior (control, salience of delivery level, consumption, brand switching) in multiple regression analyses. Relevant factors found to explain more than 5% of total variance in smoking behavior are: use of preventive health care, incidence of moderate health problems; tension, somatic symptomatology; stimulation seeker, depressive, attention seeking, risk taker; awareness of need to smoke, mood management; perception of social desirability of smoking. Second study looks at acceptability of cigarettes as it relates to firmness of cigarette when lit and unlit.

Status report on efforts to design a reduced-TPM cigarette. Reducing TPM appears to be dependent on the degradation of a "film" constituent in the cigarette. The amount of "film" used apparently varies the porosity of the paper. States it is possible that formation of a new coal "helps in film degradation"

Analysis of results for Present Brand vs Ideal Brand Study for use in development of ultra-low-tar cigarette (0-5 mg). In summary, "0-5 mg smokers appear to be getting even less from their present brands than the deliveries of those brands would justify" especially with regard to tobacco taste and aroma, refreshment, satisfaction, and ease of draw.