Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, October 11, 1994                   TAG: 9410110123
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Domestic coal production totaled 20.6 million tons during the week ending Oct. 1, up 1 percent from the 20 million tons produced the previous week, the U.S. Department of Energy reported Monday.

The U.S. coal industry produced 18.5 million tons in the same week last year, according to the department's Energy Information Administration.

Domestic coal production so far this year is 777.6 million tons, 9 percent ahead of last year's production at this time.

- Associated Press

Coming soon: stink-free smokes

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - For all those people sneaking smokes in the restroom, R.J. Reynolds may have just the product - a cigarette that doesn't leave you smelling like you just smoked one.

The trick, said Reynolds spokeswoman DeeDee Whitt, is in the paper, which is treated with a secret ingredient to eliminate the lingering stale odor.

The slogan of the new Salem Preferred cigarette: ``I love what you're not wearing.'' Reynolds came up with Salem Preferred after asking smokers what, besides the price, they would change about their cigarette.

``They said they would change it to get rid of the lingering stale smell,'' Whitt said Monday. ``We're addressing a growing social concern that perhaps some people don't like the smell of cigarettes in their clothing, car and hair.''

Reynolds treated the paper with what Whitt described only as a very common food additive. Federal regulators were told what it is.

The menthol brand will be introduced this month in stores on military bases across the country. Reynolds didn't say when it would be available elsewhere.

- Associated Press