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...varieties, 70-mm. Marvel filters came out with least tar (3.9 milligrams in each cigarette) and nicotine (0.12 mg.), while non-filtered, 85-mm. Chesterfields ranked tops in tar (28.6 mg.) and 13th highest in nicotine (1.54 mg.). The ten bestselling cigarettes showed the following yields, in increasing order of tar content, when smoked down to the indicated "butt length...
Kent 85 mm. F 17.4 mg. 1.09 mg...
There were other gripes, too. The American Tobacco Co. complained that the 23.1 mg. of tar reported for its 100-mm. Pall Mall filters was based on an old version replaced in October by an improved filter that yields less than 21 mg. For all the huffs, however, Magnuson is going ahead with plans to urge retailers to display the rankings at cigarette counters...
...physician or surgeon would be delighted to find a preventive or treat ment for atherosclerosis. Dr. Fuson had an added personal reason for investigating cholestyramine, he told the American College of Surgeons last week. In his early 30s, he already had a cholesterol reading above 250 mg., on the edge of the danger zone, and he weighed 226 Ibs. There was a depressing history of heart disease in his family...
...were unable to walk more than a few yards because of leg pain from deficient blood flow, 32 say they now feel better and some can walk farther. Dr. Fuson himself has slimmed to 172 Ibs. and has sent his cholesterol crashing down to the 40-50 mg. range that is normal for a newborn baby. He has done this without denying himself steaks and creamy desserts. "So," he says, "you can have your cake...