What are Light Cigarettes?

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that the proportion of air to smoke is not as high as it would be under ideal conditions. More significantly, people who smoke will do so until their craving for nicotine is sated, and that could mean smoking more light cigarettes to compensate. There are no demonstrable health benefits in smoking light rather than regular cigarettes. For this reason, Canada and the countries of the European Union have banned cigarette manufacturers from labeling their products as light.

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More than 80% of the cigarettes sold in the United States are light cigarettes, also called low-yield cigarettes. People may prefer them to regular, or full-flavored, cigarettes because the diluted smoke they produce seems smoother and less dense, and therefore feels less irritating to the throat.