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_COMPARIS_ON DF VICEROY KS - DONPSTIC AND HONGMONG I. Bland (% Included) Dovastic Ho_ng rob, Ca~ BLend, Casin Flue-Cured 29.12% Burley 29.14 Oriental 12.80 WTS 16.9] PSS 11.70 Flue-Cured C.35 Burley C-2 Burley Top Dressing C.36 34.96% 24.50 10.74 17.90 11.9D C.35 C.2 C.36 9 F.1 81end Cnmments: Aside frrno the hasic differenccs tn flie-cured, burley and Oriental contents, the Domestic blend contains modi- fications which were not applied to the VICEROY Hong Kong blend. These are: . . 1. Two hcgsheads of M Burley. ... 50% subsLiLULiun of "secund yualLly" LSue-cuced grades for "first quality" flue-cured grades. Consuner resring indlcaced [hat both of these substitutions and the d-_fferences in the yielded higher acceptance amon€ smokers of Domeseic VICEROY RS. Flavor Co®ents . Hong Kong VICEROY KS uses the old VICEROY flavor (F.1). Per con- sumer tests, the current flavor F.49 represents two stages of improvement over F.1 to Domestic VICEROY smakcrs, i.e., P.49 better than F.39 which was better than F.1. lI. Cigarette Design . M The Domestic and HongKong Cigarettes differ in the following Q characteristics. . - ~ 1 , Icem . Domescic Hong Kong !J ~ Tobacca Moisture _. , 13.5k 13.OX ~ Tobacco Den='_cy 262.8 . 266.4 ,~Y:

Item Oomestic HonR Roag Tobacco Weight (mg/cig) 817 828 Cigarette Paper E556 PJ5135-1 Filter Tow 2.1x40,000 3.3x40,000 84 mm Rod P.D. 11.5" 9.8" Avg. Tar (Tan.-Sept., 197R) 13.5 mg 16.4 wg Avg. Nic. (.lav•-Sepe•, 1978) 1.00 mg 1.19 mg Avg. Filt. Eff. (.lan.-Sept., 1978) 43.5Y. 37.5% Avg. Puff No. (Jan.-Sept., 1978) 8.0 8.2 Cemments: The Nong Kong VICEROY KS uses the cigarette paper and Filter that was used on Domestic VICEROY many years ago. Consamcr tests coa- dmted in late 1977,.indicated that the present 2.1x40,000 filter at 11.5" rod P.D. vas preferred over the 3.3x40,000 filter at 9.8" P.O. which is still used on the Hong Kong VICEADY KS. L