low-tar

American  

[loh-tahr, loh-tahr] / ˈloʊˈtɑr, ˈloʊˌtɑr /

adjective

1. (of cigarettes or tobacco) containing less tar than usual or standard.

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noun

1. a cigarette, blend of tobacco, etc., containing a relatively low amount of tar.

Etymology

Origin of low-tar

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Risk compensation has been brought up to question a wide range of public health interventions, including diet soda, low-tar cigarettes, child-safety caps on medication, hypertension treatments, and needle-exchange programs.

From Slate

Arranged by Peter Tear, then Liberty’s head of marketing and publicity, and choreographed by Larry Fuller of “Evita,” the show somehow managed to cross-promote the low-tar Silk Cut cigarette with a silk congress happening in London.

From New York Times

Reynolds aimed to make the nicotine in low-tar “light” cigarettes more palatable to smokers.

From Reuters

“Tobacco industry-funded research has repeatedly been a smokescreen for behaviour that has led to worse outcomes for smokers. For example, supposedly safer low-tar and filtered cigarettes led to greater numbers of smokers, deeper inhalation patterns, and higher daily consumption – all worsening public health worldwide,” it said in a statement.

From The Guardian

As Matthew L. Myers, president of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, told the committee, Philip Morris also persuaded the public that low-tar and light cigarettes were healthier than the traditional kind — despite evidence to the contrary.

From New York Times