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Science 28 June 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3835, p. 1456
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3835.1456
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Cigarettes: Chemical Effects of Sodium Nitrate Content

J. H. Terrell 1 and I. Schmeltz 2

1 Houdry Laboratories, Air Products and Chemicals, Incorporated, Linwood, Pennsylvania 19061
2 Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118

Although addition of sodium nitrate to cigarettes is reported to reduce the components and properties of cigarette smoke that are associated with tumorigenicity, we find that the additive nevertheless significantly increases the levels of certain vapor-phase constituents of smoke that are known to inhibit ciliary movement; and also it produces other effects of questionable value.


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