Sentence examples for benchmark cigarettes from inspiring English sources
Since tar levels in Canadian benchmark cigarettes range from 0.7 to 15 mg/cigarette [Health Canada, 2011], the tar values for the brands examined here indicate that all three would be considered high tar brands.
"Our study establishes a critical benchmark for e-cigarette performance compared to nicotine patches and placebo e-cigarettes, but there is still so much that is unknown about the effectiveness and long-term effects of e-cigarettes," said Chris Bullen, director of the National Institute for Health Innovation at The University of Auckland, in a statement.
The mutagenicity of the particulate fraction of mainstream smoke has mostly been tested in the plate incorporation version of the Salmonella typhimurium reverse mutation assay, e.g. for the benchmarking comparison of commercial cigarettes (Roemer et al., 2004; Rickert et al., 2007b) or for the assessment of changes in cigarette filter design (Gaworski et al., 2009).
E-cigarette aerosol emission studies typically focus on benchmarking toxicant levels versus those of cigarettes.
To qualify as fire-safe, cigarettes must meet a preset testing standard benchmarked to ASTM E2187, which is a "test method [that] enables comparison of the relative ignition strength of different cigarette designs" (ASTM International 2013).
The study objective is evaluation of a benchmark approach for predicting mainstream smoke constituent machine-yields for conventional cigarette brands from worldwide markets.
