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      "date": "2008-09-04",
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      "title": "Federal Trade Commission Guidance Regarding Tar and Nicotine Yields in Cigarettes",
      "summary": "In 1966, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) stated that a cigarette test methodology known as the Cambridge Filter Method or FTC Test Method was the methodology \u201cto be used to support any factual statements of tar and nicotine content of the mainstream smoke of cigarettes.\u201d The FTC statement did not mandate that cigarette companies state tar and nicotine yields on tobacco product packaging, but rather determined \u201cthe type of substantiation the Commission would deem adequate to support statements of tar and nicotine yields if cigarette companies choose to make such statements.\u201d Recently, the FTC issued a notice in the Federal Register that proposed to rescind this statement, reasoning that because the cigarette test method has \u201cserious limitations,\u201d the FTC\u2019s allowance of factual statements regarding tar and nicotine based on the Cambridge Filter Method \u201cmay be confusing or misleading to consumers who believe they will get proportionately less of the harmful substances from cigarette smoke by smoking relatively lower-yield cigarettes.\u201d This report discusses the test method and the FTC\u2019s initial statement, implications of rescinding the FTC\u2019s guidance statement, and provisions in H.R. 1108, S. 625, and S. 2685.",
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