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Generally speaking, the content of the above substances must be as little as possible, preferably as little as 0, so that there is no problem that second-hand smoke and smoking are harmful to health. However, it is impossible that as long as the content of those substances is greater than 0, it is harmful to health. Please read the following news: Article 1 1 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the packaging and labeling of tobacco products, each contracting party shall, within three years after the entry into force of this Convention for the contracting party, take and implement effective measures according to its domestic laws to ensure that the packaging and labeling of tobacco products shall not be false, misleading, deceptive to its characteristics, health effects, hazards or emissions or may have a false impression, including any words. Can include words such as "low tar", "light taste", "ultra-light taste" or "soft"; As harmful as ordinary cigarettes, it is the propaganda of tobacco companies. World Health Organization announces the truth of "low tar" in cigarettes. Are "low tar" and "light taste" cigarettes low in harm and cancer? Recently, an online survey jointly conducted by the New Exploration Health Development Research Center and Sohu.com shows that nearly 70% of cigarette buyers tend to choose low tar cigarettes; Nearly 60% people think that low tar cigarettes are less harmful to health; 4 1.7% people think that low tar cigarettes can reduce the risk of cancer of smokers. Although more than half of them (54.4%) have admitted that low-tar cigarettes are not helpful to quit smoking, a quarter of them (25.2%) still think it is helpful to quit smoking. And what is the truth of "low tar"? On March 3rd1,the forum "Low tar does not mean low harm" was held in Beijing. Who experts attending the meeting said that low tar cigarettes are as harmful to health as ordinary cigarettes, and it is impossible to reduce any harm. The expert also pointed out that the value of "low tar" marked by tobacco is far from the real data, and "low tar" is just a propaganda means and cover used by tobacco companies to deal with the increasing health concerns of smokers. It is an acknowledged fact that smoking is harmful to health. Among them, tar produced by incomplete combustion of cigarettes contains 16 carcinogens and 4000 ~ 5000 chemical components, which can make cilia lose their protective function, damage macrophages, reduce human immunity and cause various cancers. The number of smokers in China is as high as 350 million, which is the country with the largest smoking population in the world and the largest tobacco producer and consumer in the world. It is estimated that one million people in China die of diseases related to smoking every year. In 1950s, western cigarette companies introduced "low tar" and "light taste" cigarettes, whose names were derived from the low tar and nicotine released during the testing of smoking machines. "However, tobacco companies deliberately designed these cigarettes to release lower tar during the test, but they are fully aware that these machine test indicators can not accurately reflect the tar and nicotine actually accepted by smokers," WHO official Susan said at the forum. 1977 "Marlboro" internal data shows that the actual tar intake of smokers is three times higher than the machine test data. Tobacco companies mainly punch holes in the filter, so that some air can be inhaled when smoking, and the smoke can be diluted, thus reducing the tar concentration measured by the machine. At the same time, it is also an important means to reduce the tar concentration measured by the machine by continuously shortening the length of the combustible part of the cigarette and reducing its weight by using the tobacco stem and cigarette powder. "This testing standard itself has problems, and the data is very different from the real intake." Professor Yang Gonghuan, deputy director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China, thinks that the way of smoking with a filter in his mouth and tight fingers is very different from that of machine detection, which is not conducive to air inhalation, thus inhaling more tar and nicotine. At the same time, the one-sided propaganda of "low tar" leads smokers to relax their vigilance, the frequency and time of smoking have been greatly improved, and smoking is deeper. "The machine is dead, and people are alive. Every smoker has a certain amount of nicotine addiction. If the intake is not enough, he will rely on excessive smoking to maintain it. " The latest data show that the incidence of lung cancer has increased by 29.38% in urban areas and 47.73% in rural areas in the past decade. After 2000, lung cancer has become the number one killer in China. A large number of epidemiological studies have confirmed that smoking is the primary risk factor of lung cancer, and 87% of patients who die of lung cancer are caused by smoking (including passive smoking). Director Zhi of Tobacco Control and Lung Cancer Prevention Department of China Cancer Foundation said that the incidence of lung adenocarcinoma has increased sharply in recent years, with male lung cancer accounting for 50% and female lung cancer accounting for 80%. "This has a lot to do with the promotion of' low tar'. Most female smokers smoke' low tar' tobacco, and many people smoke deeper because of low tar, which is more difficult to treat and more harmful. On August 17, 2006, the district judge of the U.S. federal court made a final judgment on the landmark lawsuit filed by the U.S. government against major tobacco companies, ruling that tobacco companies' propaganda that "low tar/light flavor cigarettes are less harmful than full flavor cigarettes" is false marketing. Article 1 1 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control points out that terms such as "light taste", "low tar", "ultra-light taste" and "soft" are false and misleading. However, the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau has formulated and issued the Outline for the Development of Cigarette Science and Technology in China, with the main task of reducing coke and harm and the product development requirements of "high aroma, low tar and low harm" as the main direction. It is planned that by 2020, the proportion of low-tar cigarettes in China will reach more than 20%, and the level of harm reduction technology is in the international leading position. " The so-called "low-coke revolution" is a self-help of China tobacco industry under the dual pressure of the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization. This is not in line with the future international development trend. "Professor Yang Gonghuan finally said.