<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The length of the butts left by the smokers was ascertained from approx. 40000 cigarette butts gathered in 1968 in the whole of the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. In comparison with an examination made in 1959 it could be seen that the length of the butts is increasing. Thus the length of the butts of filter cigarettes increased by 8.5 mm (from 22.1 to 30.6 mm) and the length of the butts of cigarettes without filter by 6.3 mm (from 19.3 to 25.6 mm)</p></abstract>

The length of the butts left by the smokers was ascertained from approx. 40000 cigarette butts gathered in 1968 in the whole of the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin. In comparison with an examination made in 1959 it could be seen that the length of the butts is increasing. Thus the length of the butts of filter cigarettes increased by 8.5 mm (from 22.1 to 30.6 mm) and the length of the butts of cigarettes without filter by 6.3 mm (from 19.3 to 25.6 mm)

Examination of the Cigarette Butt Length in 1968 in the Federal Republic of Germany - Über die Länge von Cigarettenstummeln in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Jahre 1968

BAT Cigaretten-Fabriken GmbH, Hamburg, Forschung und Entwicklung, Germany

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The length of the butts left by the smokers was ascertained from approx. 40000 cigarette butts gathered in 1968 in the whole of the Federal Republic of Germany...

Examination of the Cigarette Butt Length in 1968 in the Federal Republic of Germany - Über die Länge von Cigarettenstummeln in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Jahre 1968

Published Online: Jul 12, 2014

Page range: 198 - 200

Received: May 12, 1970

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0237

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