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From: Kuroda Takumi <[email protected]>
Cigarettes may contain pig blood
http://www.news.com.au/national/cigarettes-may-contain-pigs-blood/story-e6frfkvr-1225847653290
CIGARETTES may contain traces of pigs' blood, an Australian academic
says with a warning that religious groups could find its undisclosed
presence "very offensive".
University of Sydney Professor in Public Health Simon Chapman points
to recent Dutch research which identified 185 different industrial
uses of a pig - including the use of its haemoglobin in cigarette
filters.
Prof Chapman said the research offered an insight into the otherwise
secretive world of cigarette manufacture, and it was likely to raise
concerns for devout Muslims and Jews.
Religious texts at the core of both of these faiths specifically ban
the consumption of pork.
"I think that there would be some particularly devout groups who would
find the idea that there were pig products in cigarettes to be very
offensive," Prof Chapman said today.
"The Jewish community certainly takes these matters extremely
seriously and the Islamic community certainly do as well, as would
many vegetarians.
"It just puts into hard relief the problem that the tobacco industry
is not required to declare the ingredients of cigarettes ... they say
'that's our business' and a trade secret."
The Dutch research found pig haemoglobin - a blood protein - was being
used to make cigarette filters more effective at trapping harmful
chemicals before they could enter a smoker's lungs.
Prof Chapman said while tobacco companies had moved voluntarily list
the contents of their products on their websites, they also noted
undisclosed "processing aids ... that are not significantly present
in, and do not functionally affect, the finished product".
This catch-all term hid from public view an array of chemicals and
other substances used in the making of tobacco products, he said.
At least one cigarette brand sold in Greece was confirmed as using pig
haemoglobin in its processes, Prof Chapman said, and the status of
smokes sold was unknown.
"If you're a smoker and you're of Islamic or Jewish faith then you'd
probably would want to know and there is no way of finding out," Prof
Chapman said.
The Sydney office of British American Tobacco Australia was contacted by AAP.
A spokeswoman said a comment would be provided although it was not
immediately available.
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