Using data from the World Health Organisation, the Scorecard assessment is based on four key components: cigarette price (using purchasing power parity dollars to compare price across countries), changes in the affordability of cigarettes over time, the share of taxes in retail cigarette prices, and the structure of cigarette taxes
Its thicker and heavier than ribbon cut and shag tobacco, and results from loosely pressing the tobacco into flakes that are then cut and rubbed vigorously
To be clear, its not ideal to compare filters of different dimensions, because the test flow rates change between filter sizes
Patricia Folan, DNP, director, Northwell Health Center for Tobacco Control, Great Neck, N.Y
Do they have heart disease