Newport Lights (rebranded under descriptor regulations)

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Newport Lights is a milder, lower-tar and nicotine variant of Newport cigarettes, marketed as a “light” style product before descriptor regulations required its rebranding.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cigarette brand variant
tobacco product
brandOf Newport
containsSubstance carbon monoxide
nicotine
tar
tobacco
hasFlavor menthol
hasHealthRisk causes cancer
causes heart disease
causes lung disease
is addictive due to nicotine
hasMarket United States of America
surface form: United States
hasMisconception perceived as safer than regular cigarettes
hasNicotineLevel lower than regular Newport
hasParentBrand Newport
hasProductType filtered cigarettes
menthol cigarettes
hasRebrandingReason descriptor regulations prohibiting light terminology
hasRebrandingStatus rebranded under descriptor regulations
hasRegulatoryConcern misleading health implications of light descriptor
hasStrengthDescriptor light
hasTarLevel lower than regular Newport
isCombustible true
marketedBy R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
ownedBy R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
regulatedBy Food and Drug Administration
surface form: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
subjectToRegulation Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009
surface form: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

U.S. descriptor regulations on terms like light and mild
wasMarketedAs light cigarette
lower-nicotine cigarette
lower-tar cigarette

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Newport brand cigarettes hasVariant Newport Lights (rebranded under descriptor regulations)
subject surface form: Newport (cigarette)