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FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1953 Nov DOC KNT151 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Consumer's Research Bulletin - Cigarettes and Cigarette Filters Consumers NovemberNovember 1953 Linoleum * Men's Wrist Watches . | Photographic Equipment for Christmas Freeze FOR THE HOME Priced Postal Scales Blackstone Automatic Washing Machine Fire Extinguishers Humidity in the Home MISCELLANEOUS Food Industry Adopts Sound Principles Batteries and Their Guarantees . . Quackery in Corrosion and Other Fields New Device for Applying Adhesive Cigarettes and Filters FEATURES Off the Editor's Chest . The Consumers Observation Post . Brief Cumulative Index . Ratings of Motion Pictures . Phonograph Records F. Grueninger t rusting the growthofrot extremely humidities due to and mildew low it may therefore _ and mold will be fostered damp air may cause that deficiencies of health supposedly caused discomfort marked bodily besidesWhenWhen the _ by low humidity are at times manifestations of; relative humidityis too low theremay be dam- some dietary lackor inadequacymanifestaions One promi- age to furniture as the joints and veneer are apt nent physician suggests that there shouldbe qualified humidity to come unstuckas medical opin- high indoors to 85 percent with - ion considers that thereis no need for artificial a minimum perhaps of 25 percent if as humidificationin homes from the health stand- _ result there should be damage to the structures position point a Consumers Research believes _ of the house itself We do not consider that his fully warrantedin view of the very low relative position is supportedin the literature and other humidities found outdoorsin many climates con- information on this subject which has been sidered fully healthful The accepted medical view is also that for normal persons a wide : range of relative humiditiesis acceptable and carefully studied by Consumers Research over a period of several years From the standpoint of a house whose construction includes wood or goodadviser in all temperatures - course that comfortis a guide Exceptions to this principle that arise are strictlyin the area of abnormal or disease conditions the physician - of should be the in such cases . to wallboard humidity should not be permitted to exceed about 40 percent in ordinary cold weath- er 30 percent when outdoor are between 0 and 15 20 percent in zero values Invery recent experiments qualified proper diet protected it was found that experimental- animals - These | weather intended to protect the houseas a structure are regarded by . medical men as unobjectionable from the physiological health against harmful effects on the skin caused by standpoint Cigarettes and Cigarettes Cigarette Filters -. ! - A Journal NUMBER of recent issues of the of the American Medical Association have presented discussions of cigarette smoking and filter mouthpiece and indeed the tobacco used as a filter was more effective in removing tars from the mainstream of smoke than the filter was its effects and one that of July 4 1953 presents a study of cigarettes cigarette smoke and filters donein the chemical laboratory of the Associa- It was interesting that two of the types of filters those of paper and of cotton produced a reduction of nicotine and tar content which was tion at Chicago Three brands of cigarettes having filter tips were tested Four types of materials were used in the filters one brand not considered large to be significant enough the asbestos filter it turned out that a later with improved model was much less effective than used paper and the same brand sold at a later date used fiber filters of the two other brands were asbestos and cotton - paper The poorest of the filters using re- moved little more nicotine than did the same cigarette without the filter The best of the filters one using asbestos laminated with paper produced a reduction of nicotine content of - better than half Cotton filters produced- produced- . an earlier one This came about it is believed in an effort to make the smoking qualities better by less tight packing of the filter material In article advertisers all cases reports the A.M.A. the proportion nicotine removed from the smoked portions small of is Loe The A.M.A.'s explains how by using the proper stratagem and calculation can make a modest reduction of nicotine con- some reduction one group of samples reduced tent appear to be very significant nicotine by 14 percent another by 27 percent With respect to removal of tars the paper - though hardly news to people who write adver- tising copy may be a surprise to some consumers filters produced as with nicotine only a moder- On the whole consumers are wise to assume that ate reduction the asbestos filter produced re- ductions of 44 and 55 percent and the cotton filter reduced the tar content about 20 percent when a cigarette advertiser makes a claim which seems to be based on scientific tests there will be more in the measurements and calculations than as it did with nicotine It was foundin respect to one brand which used paper filter that about meets the eye and that if the actual data upon which the claims are based are not made avail the same reduction would have been achieved by leaving tobacco in the cigarette instead of the able to theinquirer it would be just as well not to give weight to the findings 30 @ CONSUMERS RESEARCH BULLETIN @ NOVEMBER 1953