What Determines the Amount of Tar and Nicotine a Cigarette Delivers?
The amount of tar and nicotine that is drawn from a cigarette depends on a number of factors. The most important factors are: • Architecture of the cigarette paper • Tobacco type • Concentration of tobacco in the tobacco rod • Filter architecture • The number of puffs you take on a cigarette • The average volume of each puff • The time duration of each puff (or the strength of each puff) The tobacco companies understand how to use these factors to give both the government smoking machines as well as the smokers exactly what they want.
