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Tests v. Caution. Before announcing the filter, Columbia had an independent commercial laboratory test its efficiency on eleven cigarette brands. The results: an average reduction of 68% in tar to 8 mg., and a cut of 67% in nicotine to .38 mg. The effect on Salems: an 87% cut in tar content from 21.5 mg. to 2.8 mg., and a cut in nicotine from 1.07 mg. to 0.11 mg. For Marvels (recently reported by leading cancer researchers to be the nation's safest cigarette): a cut in tars from 8.6 mg. to 3.7 mg., and in nicotine, from...
Smith Kline & French has a patent on dexedrine which ran out after 17 years. Now, as Burack lists them, 16 companies make the generic product, 12 of them for $2.00 or less wholesale per 1000 5 mg. tablets. But dexedrine itself, which is chemically the same thing, sells...
...amantadine hydrochloride, is virtually the only medicine effective in preventing viral infections. Trade-named Symmetrel, it has been tested on more than 3,000 human subjects, and has shown remarkable effectiveness in protecting against Asian-A influenza. For an adult the effective dose of amantadine is 200 mg. a day, a tiny fraction of an ounce...
...trouble is that a tiny fraction more is dangerous; even a young adult in good condition suffers severe side effects with a dose of only 300-400 mg. The reactions observed among medical students, reports the University of Illinois' Dr. George Gee Jackson, "were predominantly alterations of the emotional state and of cerebration. These students complained of inability to concentrate and depression. Several described sensations of depersonalization and altered body image. There was a remarkable degree of associated anxiety." At doses of 400 mg., nearly every volunteer suffered such effects. Fortunately, the effects subside in a few hours...
...sold in 1959. In the first nine months of 1966, Volkswagen spurted from 277,000 sales to 308,000, while G.M.'s "German Opel climbed from fifth place to second among imports, with sales of 25,000, followed by Sweden's Volvo, Britain's MG and Japan's Datsun. The Japanese cars are rising fast: Toyota is now the second best-selling import in California, where the Japanese are driving hard prior to a nationwide push, and Honda will soon introduce...