(of cigarettes or tobacco) producing more tar than is standard or usual when smoked.
a packet of high-tar cigarettes
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In some developing lands, health-threatening, high-tar cigarettes are widely distributed.
High-tar cigarettes continued to dominate Indonesia in 2010, accounting for a 97% share of volume sales.
The police determine that she is likely the source for four high-tar cigarette butts found on the beach where Danny's body was discovered.
"Low-tar" (8 to 14 mg) and "very-low-tar" (7 mg or less) cigarettes are believed widely to pose less of a health risk than moderate-tar or high-tar brands.
They were found to be as harmful as high-tar versions because people smoked more and took deeper drags.
Brussels wants all EU countries to phase out the production and export of high-tar cigarettes by the end of 2007.
Another ludicrously cheap packet of high-tar cigarettes, if you please, barman!
All high-tar brands (22 mg and higher) were unfiltered.
Some people think that switching from high-tar and high-nicotine cigarettes to those with low tar and nicotine makes smoking safer, but this is not true.
The risk of cancer was higher in those who smoked nonfiltered cigarettes, all of which were high-tar brands.