The tar deliveries of lower) grown in Hunan tobacco 180 flue-cured growing areas tobacco samples from 3 stalk positions (upper, middle and were analyzed. The results showed that: the means of tar deliveries of upper, middle and lower leaves were 19.9, 16.9 and 12.71 mg/cig. , respectively, whose main distributing ranges were 17. 8-20. 8, 13. 4-16. 0 and 10. 2-14. 0 mg/cig. , respectively. For same stalk position, the tar deliveries of leaves from Northwest Hunan were the highest, and the difference was significant between ecological areas ; ...