Merit Earns Victory In Tar and Taste Tests
Merit tops a set of leading high tar cigarettes in new taste and tar level tests. Researchers report Merit shows lower tar exposure while maintaining favorable flavor compared with competitors.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1979
Page
10
Merit tops a set of leading high tar cigarettes in new taste and tar level tests. Researchers report Merit shows lower tar exposure while maintaining favorable flavor compared with competitors.
In 1979 Philip Morris Inc releases a warning card stating the Surgeon General has determined cigarette smoking is dangerous to health. The label emphasizes health risks and urges reader caution.
A FIC report from May 1978 presents cigarette specs for Kings brand. It lists approximately 8 mg tar and 0.6 mg nicotine per cigarette, with a claimed average of 11 mg tar and 0.7 mg nicotine per cigarette.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.