Premier Lights
From Tobacco Products
Market Dates: 1988 - 1989
Tested 198810 St. Louis, Phoenix/Tuscon AZ
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The Premier cigarette was a smokeless cigarette released in the USA in 1988 by the American tobacco company R.J. Reynolds. It worked by heating and aerosolizing tobacco flavor and was intended to reduce or eliminate the unhealthy side effects associated with smoking, both to the smoker and to the people around the smoker. It never achieved popularity, as smokers complained about a charcoal - like aftertaste, and although it looked like a conventional cigarette, special instructions were required to teach smokers how to light it. RJR estimated that it would take two or three packs for a smoker to acquire a taste for Premier, but in practice many smokers only smoked one cigarette and shared the rest of the pack. R.J. Reynolds reintroduced the concept behind the Premier cigarette as the Eclipse brand in the 1990's. (Wikipedia)
Heated, rather than burned, tobacco .04mg nicotine, Smokeless Cigarette
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Significantly reduced secondhand smoke compared to tobacco-burning cigarettes. Because of Premier's unique design, many of the constituents commonly found in cigarette smoke were dramatically reduced in, or eliminated from, the smoke of Premier. RJ Reynolds' objectives for Premier:[1]
- Simplify the mainstream and sidestream smoke chemistry by eliminating or reducing compounds produced by burning tobacco.
- Minimize the potential for biological activity.
- Minimize environmental tobacco smoke and its potential annoyance.
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 Premier cigarette dissected |
 Premier. The cleaner smoke. |
 Premier Cigarette Cross-Section [2] |
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- Premier and Eclipse
- Premier Cigarette Scientific Backgrounder
- Chemical and Biological Studies on New Cigarette Prototypes that Heat Instead of Burn Tobacco
