Jump to full article: The Scotsman (uk), 2010-09-05
Author: Lyndsay Moss Health Correspondent
Intro: TRIALS of so-called "safer cigarettes" have produced promising results but are still some way from becoming a reality for smokers, researchers will reveal this month.
British American Tobacco (BAT) has been conducting tests on the experimental cigarettes, designed to produce less toxic chemicals than normal varieties.
But although the products have been successful in reducing exposure to the harmful components
of tobacco, the company will tell a conference in Scotland that it still has to show that cutting levels of these "toxicants" reduces the risk to health.
The trials by BAT, the world's second largest tobacco company, tested different ways of creating cigarettes that produce less toxic chemicals as they burn. One process involved treating the tobacco with enzymes that reduce the effects of toxic ingredients while a second used new filters designed to absorb harmful chemicals.
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