Eclipse

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Introduced Eclipse 1996 Test markets: Chattanooga, TN and Dallas/Fort Worth, TX. 2003 Eclipse introduced limited national distribution
Introduced Eclipse 1996
Test markets: Chattanooga, TN and Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.
2003 Eclipse introduced limited national distribution

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RJ Reynolds
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Uses a carbon tip, to heat rather than burn tobacco. The purpose of Eclipse was to simplify the chemical composition and reduce the biological activity of the mainstream and sidestream smoke and to achieve a significant reduction of environmental tobacco smoke. In Eclipse, tobacco pyrolysis is reduced by a carbon fuel rod that serves as a heat source for generating an aerosol having nicotine and tobacco flavor. The carbon rod, at the tip of the cigarette, is insulated and bound with two wrapping mats of glass fibers.[1] RJ Reynolds claims that water and glycerin make up 80% of the smoke. Regular and menthol varieties. Eclipse and Eclipse Mild.

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All of the Taste, Less of the Toxins. "Safe" Cigarette with 90% less smoke. Lower levels of tar, nicotine, and carcinogens. "Ultra low tar cigarette with full-bodies taste and close to 90% less secondhand smoke. No lingering odor, hardly a stain, not even ashes."

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  1. Pauly JL, Lee HJ, Hurley FL, et al. Glass fiber contamination of cigarette filters: an additional health risk to the smoker? Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 1998;7:967–9
  2. Karl O Fagerström, John R Hughes, Thomas Rasmussen, and Peter W Callas Randomised trial investigating effect of a novel nicotine delivery device (Eclipse) and a nicotine oral inhaler on smoking behaviour, nicotine and carbon monoxide exposure, and motivation to quit Tob. Control, Sep 2000; 9: 327 - 333.
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