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Latest cigarette tar and nicotine yields released

The Government today (April 18) announced the findings of the latest review of the tar and nicotine yields of 89 best-selling cigarettes in Hong Kong in 2000.

According to the review, the average tar and nicotine yields of these cigarettes were 11.2 milligrams and 0.87 milligrams per cigarette (mg/cig) respectively, representing a decrease of 0.4 mg in tar yield and 0.03 mg in nicotine yield as compared with the previous year's findings.

Of the 89 brands of cigarettes, 39 brands were classified as the low tar group (0-9 mg/cig), 29 brands as the middle tar group (10 - 14 mg/cig), and 21 brands as the high tar group (15 - 17 mg/cig).

Public may access the web site of the Government Laboratory for more details: http://www.info.gov.hk/govlab.

End/Wednesday, April 18, 2001

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