"Light" and "low tar" designate tar and nicotine yields in cigarette
smoke as measured by a machine.
The number on the cigarette pack merely reflects the milligrams of
nicotine or tar found in cigarette smoke as measured by the machine.
It does not relate to the real amount of nicotine per cigarette
(between 6-17 milligram). Nor is it the total amount of nicotine in
the whole pack.
SOURCE: Preventive Medicine 2003;36:92-98.
http://dmoz.org/Health/Addictions/Substance_Abuse/Tobacco/Research/
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=571&ncid=751&e=3&u=/n
m/20030103/hl_nm/smoking_cancer_dc
Civil War
The Civil War (1861-5) has spawned numerous myths and falsities.
The Republicans did not intend to abolish slavery - just to "contain"
it, i.e., limit it to the 15 states where it had already existed. Most
of the Democrats accepted this solution.
This led to a schism in the Democratic party. The "fire eaters" left
it and established their own pro-secession political organization.
Growing constituencies in the south - such as urban immigrants and
mountain farmers - opposed slavery as a form of unfair competition.
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