
Blow away this smoke screen made from myths
Preventing smuggled cigarettes coming into Ireland is protecting young people from the very high risks of smoking, writes Kathleen O’Meara. The Irish Cancer Society wants an investigation into the Irish market, and asks why cigarettes legally sold into other countries end up being sold illegally here. Stories abound about the smuggling of cigarettes into Ireland. Some of them are presented as fact, some are simply urban myths. Like the one about rat droppings being found in counterfeit cigarettes allegedly made in factories in deepest China and sold on the Irish market.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/blow-away-this-smoke-screen-made-from-myths-283376.html
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