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The 13th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health

Building capacity for a tobacco-free world

July 12-15, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Thursday, July 13, 2006: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room 207B (Convention Center)
Are Cigarettes Safer? Analyzing Products and Industry Claims
Moderator:K. Michael Cummings (USA)
3:30 PMComparative analysis of the efficacy of filters from different brands of cigarettes
John L. Pauly (USA)
3:45 PMDo ‘light' cigarettes make smoking lighter?
Tatiana I. Andreeva (Ukraine), Konstantin S. Krasovsky (Ukraine), Daria S. Semenova (Ukraine)
4:00 PMHow have cigarette companies responded to accusations that their products are defective?
K. Michael Cummings (USA), Anthony Brown (USA), Clifford Douglas (USA)
4:15 PMWhat Makes ‘Light' Cigarettes Light? Examining Physical Properties
Richard O'Connor (USA), David Hammond (Canada), Bill King (Australia), Ann McNeill (United Kingdom), Gary Giovino (USA), K. Michael Cummings (USA)
4:30 PMEffect of charcoal containing cigarette filters on gas phase VOCs
Liqin Zhang (USA), Bryan A. Hearn (USA), Christina L. Vaughan (USA), Ameer D. Tavakoli (USA), Gregory M. Polzin (USA), Clifford H. Watson (USA), David L. Ashley (USA)

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