Tar yield of cigarettes and risk of acute myocardial infarction. GISSI-EFRIM Investigators.

Eva Negri; MariaGrazia Franzosi; Carlo La Vecchia; Luigi Santoro; Alessandro Nobili; Gianni Tognoni

doi:10.1136/bmj.306.6892.1567

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Changing to cigarettes with a lower tar yield is not an effective means of reducing tobacco related morbidity from myocardial infarction.

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