Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1980 Page: 8 of 24
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Page «- CEDAR HILL CHRONICLE, Than., Nov. 27, 1 WO
Significant majority rates MERIT taste
equal to - or better than - leading high tars.
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There’s a low tar cigarette that’s challenging
high tar smoking—and winning.
The cigarette: MERIT
High Tars Finish Second
Latest research proves smokers
prefer MERIT
Blind Taste Tests: In tests where
brand identity was concealed, a sig-
nificant majority of smokers rated
the taste of low tar MERIT equal to
—or better than—leading high tar
brands. Even cigarettes having twice
the tar!
Smoker Preference: Among
the 95% of smokers stating a
MERIT
Filter
■iff
If......
© Philip Morris Inc. 1980
Kings: 8 mg "tari* 0.6 mg nicotine— 100’s Reg: 10 mg "tar!'0.7 mg nicotine—
100’s Men: 11 mg "tar',’0.8 mg nicotine av.per cigarette, FTC Report Dec!79
Warning: The Surgeon "General Has Determined
That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health.
preference, the MERIT low tar/good
taste combination was favored 3 to 1
over high tar leaders when tar levels
were revealed!
Long-Term Satisfaction: In the
latest survey of former high tar
smokers who have switched to MERIT,
9 out of 10 reported they continue
to enjoy smoking, are glad they
switched, and report MERIT is the
best-tasting low tar they’ve ever tried!
MERIT is the proven alter-
native to high tar smoking.
Ancf you can taste it.
MERIT
Kings & lOO’s
t-A-vV *Sr, .
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Hardin, Ken. Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1980, newspaper, November 27, 1980; Cedar Hill, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth714604/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Zula B. Wylie Memorial Library.