Study finds that tobacco companies changed design of cigarettes without alerting smokers
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 18:35
in Mathematics & Economics
Boston, MA -- As President Obama prepares to sign a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of the tobacco industry, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time, even if those changes have exceeded acceptable product variance guideli
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