TY  - JOUR
T1  - LEss hazardous cigarette debated
AU  - Miller GH, Schumaker J
Y1  - 1979/09/07
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1979.03300100011003
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1029
EP  - 1029
VL  - 242
IS  - 10
N2  - To the Editor.— 
    The article "Toward Less Hazardous Cigarettes: Current Advances" by Gori and Lynch (240:1255, 1978) in The Journal appears to have a number of serious deficiencies. An analysis of the data and the references cited in the article shows the following discrepancies:The basis for the computation of the "tolerable levels" of cigarettes that "would not significantly increase the risk to the smoker when compared to the nonsmoker" does not appear to be valid. In the initial article by Gori,1 "Low-Risk Cigarettes: A Prescription," published in Science in 1976, the author develops the concept of "critical value," which is the basis for the computations on the tolerable levels of cigarettes. However, his computations of the critical values are based on assumptions that are not documented. These computations are not valid representations of the data analyzed. His assumptions for critical values have been criticized by a number of
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1979.03300100011003
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03300100011003
ER  -