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Low Tar Cigarettes Harm Rather Than Help 

In a desperate effort to quit smoking, many people buy special aids, while those who find that too difficult smoke ``low-tar,'' ``mild'' or ``light'' cigarettes.

However, recent reports say these methods could actually do more harm to the body, let alone not help one quit smoking.

Shin Yoon-jeong of the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey on 443 male and 57 female smokers in 2007 and found ``people tend to smoke more and inhale deeper when smoking low tar cigarettes.''

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