Smuggled cigarettes contain lead and arsenic, UK Govt warns
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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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Researchers have found harmful levels of lead, mercury, and/or arsenic in one out of every five ayurvedic herbal medicinal products mainly manufactured in India.
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Fake cigarettes are often made with tobacco contaminated with &quot;much higher&quot; levels of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, lead, cadmium and arsenic than genuine brands.
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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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LONDON: Britain is to ban smoking in most public places, according to reports ahead of the launch of an ambitious goverment effort to legislate its way to better public health.
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A leading anti-smoking group accused the British government Monday of sitting on a confidential report which confirms the health dangers of passive smoking.
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Pictorial health warning on cigarette packets are more likely to encourage smokers to quit, a study says.
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A range of measures is needed to encourage people to quit smoking, Health Secretary John Reid said today. Dr Reid was speaking ahead of publication of the Government
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Dangerous levels of lead, mercury and arsenic have been found in some herbal remedies from India that are sold in the United States, researchers are warning.
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Britain's stocks of plutonium are kept in 'unacceptable' conditions, experts warn today.
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BRUSSELS, -- The European Union unveiled a new antismoking campaign that calls on governments to put both horrific and humorous pictures on cigarette packs to deter people from smoking.
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People on HIV drug Viracept are being warned over a possible contamination with cancer-causing chemicals.
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World Health Organisation urges governments to act now to dramatically reduce tobacco use
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Corner shops in the UK are suffering because of the cigarette smuggling trade, a new survey reveals.
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More than a dozen "Ayurvedic" herbal remedies imported from India and Pakistan were found to contain harmful levels of the heavy metals mercury, lead and arsenic, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Smokers are being warned that counterfeit cigarettes, which may look identical to those purchased legitimately over the counter, contain hazardous levels of damaging toxins, including arsenic.
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Britain is facing a flood of illegal cigarettes that pose potentially fatal health risks, the government said on Wednesday as it launched a campaign to deter smokers from buying cheap contraband tobacco.