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• BAT puts 'less toxic' tobacco to the test 

British American Tobacco is recruiting 250 volunteers in Germany to test experimental cigarettes designed to produce less toxic smoke than conventional products. . . .

BAT has made three "prototype combustible products" for the German trial. They incorporate tobacco that has been processed in several ways to generate fewer "toxicants" as it burns, including treatment with enzymes similar to those in biological washing powders. The prototypes also have new filters, with activated charcoal and resins to absorb harmful chemicals.

Momentum Pharma Services, a contract research organisation that normally works for drug companies, is carrying out the �6m analysis. It has been registered on an independent clinical trials database - a first for BAT - and results will be published in a scientific journal next year.

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