tar content
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftarandcontent
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tar
noun[U]
uk/tɑːr/us/tɑːr/
a black substance, sticky when hot, used especially for ...
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content
adjective[after verb]
uk/kənˈtent/us/kənˈtent/
pleased with your situation and not hoping for change ...
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(Definition oftarandcontentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftar content
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Analogous to ordinary cigarettes, a maximumtarcontentmust be set for rolling tobacco.
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All the others spoke about health in general terms and looked at factors other than nicotine, such astarcontent.
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For example, perhaps we could consider whether thetarcontentof the various tobaccos used in cigarettes should be described on the packets.
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It has notarcontent—this is only produced on burning.
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The maximumtarcontentof 10 mg is still excessive and does not take into consideration the real amount actually inhaled and the habits acquired.
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The proposal consolidates the existing internal market rules on product regulation, includingtarcontent of cigarettes and the use of health warning labels.
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Can she assure me that thetarcontentappears on those packs; and are the health warnings, as required by statute, also on those packs?
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Most cigarettes had a very hightarcontent.
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Five or six years ago she was smoking a brand with a very hightarcontent.
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Moreover, those who continue to smoke have become more conscious of thetarcontentof cigarettes and are turning to lower tar cigarettes.
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It is called the tobacco products duty, which is basically putting a punitive duty on certain cigarettes with a hightarcontent.
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I give credit to everyone who has done that over the years, including the tobacco companies, in advertising lowtarcontentcigarettes.
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They concern paragraph 13 on thetarcontentin rolling tobacco.
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He said that the only change he would contemplate would be the ending of sports sponsorship which was directed to hightarcontentcigarettes.
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For example, coupons might go first for cigarettes with a largetarcontent, then all advertising cease, followed later by withdrawal of the product.
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In 1977 our main thrust of negotiation was directed at reducing thetarcontentof the cigarettes being sold.
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During the course of the 1977 negotiations we specifically aimed at reducing thetarcontentof cigarettes.
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The averagetarcontentof cigarettes has dropped from 20 mg to 14·4 mg.
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It means that cheap, hightarcontentcigarettes are entering the country and becoming more readily available to both young people and the unemployed.
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Governments rightly require cigarette manufacturers to warn the public about the danger to health and to provide information about thetarcontent.
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