A Study of the Effects of Altering the Tar/Nicotine Ratio in Experimental Tobacco Carcinogenesis

Open Access

1 March 1970

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in British Journal of Cancer

Vol. 24 (1) , 191-194
https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1970.22

Abstract

There was no statistically significant difference in specific mouse skin carcinogenicity between smoke condensate from plain, flue-cured tobacco cigarettes with a normal tar to nicotine ratio and condensate from filter-tip cigarettes made from selected flue-cured tobaccos with a reduced tar to nicotine ratio.

Keywords

BIOMEDICINE
GENERAL
CANCER RESEARCH
EPIDEMIOLOGY
MOLECULAR MEDICINE
ONCOLOGY
DRUG RESISTANCE

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