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• SANDV (O r * ) K )ST Thvr» ■»««• 1*. (*•* " Merit Smashes Taste Barrier -National Smoker Study Majority of smokers confirm'Enriched Flavor’ cigarette matches taste of leading high tar brands. Read w hat sm okers had to say about MERIT in a recent nationw ide survey. Confirmed: Majority of sm okers rate MERIT taste equal to —or better th a n —leading high tar cigarettes tested! Cigarettes having u p to twice the tar. Confirmed: Majority of sm okers confirm taste satisfaction of low tar M ERIT A nd in research conducted am ong current MERIT smokers: Confirmed: 85% of MERIT sm okers say it was an “easy switch from high Z ''’'A'/,... tar brands. Confirmed: O verw helm ing majority of MERIT sm okers say their form er high tar brands w eren t missed. Confirmed: 9 out of 10 MERIT sm okers not considering other brands. to satisfy! T his ability to satisfy over long periods of time could be the most im portant evidence to date that MERII is the first real alternative tor high tar smokers. First Major Alternative To High Tar Smoking MERIT has proven conclusively that it not only delivers the flavor of high tar b ra n d s—b u t continues Kings: 8 mg tar ! 0.6 mg nicotine— 100's 11 mg” tar " 0.7 mg nicotine av. per cigaretie. FTC Report May /8 W arning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. O Philip M orn» Im MERIT Kings & l(X)’s