烟草在线据韩国联合新闻社报道编译　　10月17日，一份报告显示，韩国烟草制造商制造的卷烟可能含有使人们对这些卷烟上瘾更快、更严重的物质，显示未来对烟草公司提起的损害赔偿的策略可能发生改变。

　　到目前为止，针对韩国烟草制造商已经提起了三宗损害赔偿诉讼，但没有一宗诉讼作出有利顾客或原告的裁决。不过，烟草制造商的官司连续取胜，显然可能有部分原因在于法院允许烟草公司只披露它们希望披露的信息，省略非常有可能是最初引起损害赔偿诉讼的重要信息。

　　韩国大多数卷烟都是由国有的KT&G公司制造和经销的。

　　不过，韩国卫生与社会事务研究院发布的一份报告显示了什么可能是烟草公司如此费尽心思努力隐藏的信息。

　　据这份报告说，根据外国烟草公司开展的各种测试，每支韩国卷烟含有0.03%至0.11%的氨。报告说，这种氨有助于增加烟草的致瘾特性。

　　报告说，证实韩国卷烟中氨的存在的测试，是美国第三大卷烟制造商布朗·威廉姆森公司在2000年进行的。

　　这份报告由加利福尼亚大学烟草控制研究与教育中心的研究员Lee Sung-kyu和另外两名研究员一起联合编写的。

　　他们在研究报告中说：“正如研究中所显示出的那样，KT&G公司的产品可能含有氨和其他有害物质，因此，在对今后的诉讼案进行裁决之前，法院必须开展一次彻底、客观的独立测试，以证实该公司的产品的成分。”

Report Shows Reasons S. Korean Cigarettes May be More Addictive

　　Cigarettes produced by South Korean manufacturers may contain substances that make people become addicted to them more and faster, a report showed Wednesday, suggesting a possible change of tactics in future damage suits against tobacco companies.

　　So far there have been three damage suits filed against South Korea's tobacco manufacturers, but none were ruled in favor of the customers or plaintiffs.

　　The tobacco makers' winning streak, however, had apparently been possible partly because of the court's allowance for the companies to disclose only the information they wish to, omitting vital information that may very well be the cause of a damage suit in the first place.

　　Most of South Korean cigarettes are produced and distributed by the state-run KT&G Corp.

　　However, a report, released Wednesday by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, showed what may be the information the tobacco companies have worked so hard to conceal.

　　According to the report, based on various tests conducted by foreign tobacco companies, each South Korean cigarette contained between 0.03 to 0.11 percent ammonia, which it said helps boost tobacco's addictive nature.

　　The test that verified the existence of ammonia in South Korean cigarettes was conducted in 2000 by the United States' third-largest cigarette manufacturer, Brown & Williamson, the report said.

　　The report was compiled jointly by Lee Sung-kyu, a fellow researcher at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education of the University of California, San Francisco, and two others.

　　"As suggested by the research, KT&G's products likely contain ammonia and other harmful substances, and, therefore, the court must conduct a thorough, objective and independent test to verify the contents of the company's products before ruling (in future cases)," they said in their report. Enditem