Britain Warns of Contraband Cigarettes Danger
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Britain is facing a flood of illegal cigarettes which pose potentially fatal health risks, the government said on Wednesday as it launched a campaign to deter smokers from buying cheap contraband tobacco.
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All packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products sold in Britain will have to feature graphic photographs showing the effects of smoking from next year, government ministers said Wednesday.
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A campaign is warning people about the hidden health risks of the growing number of fake cigarettes sold in the UK.
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Smokers were issued a stark government warning to beware of smuggled cigarettes, which while cheap are often faked and made with highly dangerous contaminated tobacco.
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The Government has launched a campaign warning smokers about the estimated one million fake cigarettes smuggled into the UK which contain lead and arsenic.
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Regulations are being set out under which all UK tobacco products will have to carry picture health warnings.
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Germany may outlaw smoking in cars because it is a health hazard and a safety risk, the government's commissioner for substance abuse Sabine Baetzing said.
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Leisure group Rank braces itself for the smoking ban in England and Wales as sales continue to slide north of the border.
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LONDON -- Four hundred years after King James I denounced tobacco as &quot;loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs,&quot; the British government is taking heed. It announced plans yesterday to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and any pub that serves food.
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World Health Organisation urges governments to act now to dramatically reduce tobacco use
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New controls on tobacco advertising came into effect in Britain on Tuesday, the latest step in a government campaign against smoking.
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The European Unionâs future Health Chief Markos Kyprianou has vowed to fight smoking, insisting that cigarettes are one of the greatest evils the European Union should strive to put a stop to.
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Police in Madrid have seized over a million packets of cigarettes, which the authorities say were bound for Britain.
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A leaked report to the Government confirms that second-hand smoke significantly increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease.
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The UK Government has issued a warning to smokers after cigarettes smuggled into Britain were found to contain lead and arsenic. An estimated one million fake cigarettes containing hazardous levels of the
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Mental health campaigners say papers used to make hand-rolled cigarettes should carry printed warnings about the dangers of cannabis.
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Corner shops in the UK are suffering because of the cigarette smuggling trade, a new survey reveals.