Rutgers Health research confirms confusion about the different mechanisms that make tobacco addictive and deadly.

Low-tar cigarettes do not carry a lower risk of lung cancer, according to the first study comparing lung cancer deaths among smokers of ultra-light, mild and medium filtered cigarettes. The finding, ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday rescinded guidance it issued 42 years ago that has allowed tobacco companies to make claims about tar and nicotine levels based on testing by a ...

When the federal government began testing cigarettes for tar and nicotine in 1967, it revolutionized smoking, launching the era of "light" cigarettes. The idea of a less harmful cigarette is so ...

In the last decade, sales of filter cigarettes have leaped from less than 1% to more than half of all U.S. cigarettes sold. Filters rescued the industry from a skid six years ago when the first cancer ...

The risk of lung cancer is no different in people who smoke medium tar cigarettes, low tar cigarettes, or very low tar cigarettes, concludes new research from the United States. Researchers analysed ...

Low tar "lite" cigarettes impair blood flow through the heart as severely as regular cigarettes, reveals a small study published ahead of print in the journal Heart. The findings are based on 62 ...

Although the major cancer-causing substance in cigarette tar has not yet been identified, so much is now known about it that smoking could be rendered relatively harmless—without waiting for the ...

For those looking for a milder taste and lighter effect of a cigarette, we prepared a list of lowest tar and nicotine cigarette brands in 2019. Let’s start off with some crude facts. A cigarette ...

With 1 mg tar and 0.1 mg nicotine, Pall Mall Super Slims Sliver is definitely among the lowest tar and nicotine cigarette brands (apart from being among the most popular ones). The brand is owned by ...