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Editor: C. Calvin Warriner
Profession: Cigarette & Tobacco Attorney

Category: Tobacco News

A CDC report measuring the cancer causing content in domestic and foreign brand cigarettes finds Marlboro, Philip Morris' best selling brand a potent killer. Tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA) is widely believed to be the potent cancer causing ingredient in cigarettes. This article written in India where Marlboros were introduced in 2003 states that Marlboros contained as much as 900% more TSNA than domestic Indian cigarettes.

What's surprising is that Philip Morris' representative admitted that TSNA levels can be reduced in the manufacturing process. However, the description of how that is accomplished sounds like it costs time and money although that was not admitted.

As it is widely believed, programs, litigation and oversight have reduced the American market for cigarettes causing tobacco companies to target overseas markets in which to peddle their lethal products. It is believed that in India alone, a market in which Philip Morris' share is expanding daily, that one million people will die annually due to cigarette smoking within a few short years.