Reynolds began specifically touting the cigarette as safer for smokers this past spring, after its researchers reported that the Eclipse produced around 80 percent less carcinogens and tar in its smoke than a traditional ultra-light brand of cigarette, the Merit Ultralight. The company began contending the cigarette was less likely to cause a risk of cancer, bronchitis or possibly emphysema, with ads saying: A cigarette that responds to concerns about certain smoking-related illnesses
"These lighter-smoking young adults frequently do not even consider themselves smokers," she said, but they are still at "risk of developing coronary heart disease from smoking even a small amount of cigarettes." For the new study, Hackshaw's team looked at data from 141 studies
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eric Zillier For 15 years Eric Zillier has worked as a sommelier or wine director at some of New York's finest restaurants including Veritas, Alto and Gotham Bar and Grill
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We analyzed bacterial presence using colony-forming units (CFU), which represent the number of viable bacterial cells in a sample
