-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_641000/641327.stm Toxic cigarette ingredients revealed BBC News Online - Health Sunday, 13 February, 2000, 07:20 GMT Toxic shock: Users inhale more than just smoke What's in a cigarette? Acetone Ammonia Butane Hydrogen cyanide Methanol Arsenic Carbon monoxide Chemicals used to make paintstripper and rocket fuel are among a list of 600 toxic substances legally found in cigarettes, the government has revealed. Health Secretary Alan Milburn has published details of the "permitted additives" in tobacco products as part of his �50m anti-smoking drive. The list includes acetone, used to make paint stripper; ammonia, contained in toilet cleaners; butane, a form of lighter fuel; and beta-naphthyl methylether, more commonly known as mothballs. Smokers also take the risk of inhaling hydrogen cyanide, the poison used in gas chambers; methanol, a rocket fuel; arsenic and carbon monoxide, the poisonous gas in car exhausts. Mr Milburn believes the list will help convince smokers of the dangers they face. Its publication comes amid efforts by the European Parliament to force manufacturers to list the contents of cigarettes on the packets, a move backed by Britain. Mr Milburn's aides claim the list was given to the previous Conservative government by cigarette manufacturers on the condition it was never published. Dried fruit extracts John Carlisle, spokesman for the Tobacco Manufacturers' Association, denied there had ever been a secret deal not to release the list of additives. But he admitted companies were reluctant to publish details of additives in particular brands for commercial reasons. Apart from the deadly chemicals, there are ingredients to improve the taste of cigarettes, such as sucrose and dried fruit extracts, and other substances to speed up the nicotine "hit". Amanda Sandford, of the anti-smoking group Ash, said that tobacco companies had been allowed to put additives in cigarettes for 30 years without any public scrutiny. ~~~~~~~ http://www.sightings.com/politics6/smokes.htm Cigarettes Contain Over 600 Secret Ingredients & Additives By Tom Baldwin Deputy Political Editor - The Times http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/00/02/10/timnwsnws01047.html?999 2-10-2000 Tobacco firms have admitted putting 600 secret ingredients and additives in cigarettes, the Health Secretary disclosed yesterday. Alan Milburn promised that the list would be published in full within weeks so that consumers, for the first time, would "know what they are smoking." His comments at a meeting of the Commons Health Committee came ahead of a European directive on tobacco, that will put new ceilings on nicotine and carbon monoxide levels, increase the size of warnings and restrict the use of "mild" or "low tar" to describe cigarette brands. Although tobacco companies had promised the previous Government that they would provide the Department of Health with a full list of additives, Mr Milburn said that he had only just received the dossier. The ingredients include sucrose, cocoa, citric acid and ammonium - which speeds up the nicotine "hit". Stephen Hesford, a Labour member of the committee, suggested later that the additives also included cynanide and lead. Mr Milburn said that "until very recently nobody knew about any of these ingredients", adding that he was demanding further information from the tobacco companies so that they could show which brands contained the additives. "It is our intention to put that information on the Health Department's website before too long. People have a right to decide whether or not to smoke, but they also have a right to know what they are smoking," he said. The EU directive, to be published next week, will take effect in 2003. . <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
