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• EDITORIAL: 'Safer' Cigarette? Eclipse reduces some risks, but questions remain 

The company's decision to market Eclipse cigarettes entirely through an R.J. Reynolds Internet Web site and an 800 number sidesteps the state's efforts to keep the product out of the hands of minors. Reynolds says it has its own screening process to make certain purchasers are adults. But counter sales, with stiff penalties for violations, would have provided better safeguards. . .

But the bottom line in the overall presentation of Eclipse remains the same - regardless of how many scientific studies have been wrapped around the packaging.

All cigarettes pose health problems, including Eclipse. This product isn't the best answer to the estimated 400,000 Americans who die each year from smoking-related illnesses.

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