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SYNERGISTIC POISON. "Acetaldehyde is formed in high concentrations when cigarette constituents, including sugars, are burned. Animal research conducted by Philip Morris demonstrated a synergistic interaction between nicotine and acetaldehyde: rats pressed a bar more for the combination than for either substance alone." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

AUSTRALIA CALCULATES NET GAIN. "Even after these adjustments, in 2004–05 tobacco tax revenue exceeded tobacco-attributable expenses borne by the public sector by more than $3.5 billion. Of this surplus, $2.7 billion accrued to the Commonwealth and about $800 million to state and territory governments." At best, a dubious proposition, at odds with all other country reports. http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/17-2-the-costs-of-smoking View in LinkedIn

SEVEN ADDITIVES designed to keep blood nicotine levels high. "CYP2A5 and CYP2A6; (these are enzymes within the P450 enzyme system that metabolize compounds in the body). Because CYP2A6 is involved in the metabolism of nicotine, the presence of these chemicals could decrease smokers’ metabolism of nicotine and maintain higher blood levels." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

AUSTRALIAN DEAD SMOKERS ARE REVENUE LOSS. "Apart from the costs of treatment of smoking-associated diseases, tobacco abuse also reduces revenue to government from income tax, duties on other goods and other indirect taxes. This is because people who smoke tend to leave the workforce earlier. Further, many smokers die prematurely." http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/17-2-the-costs-of-smoking View in LinkedIn

TO CAMOUFLAGE, INCREASE, AND MASK. "More than 100 of 599 documented cigarette additives have pharmacological actions that camouflage the odor of environmental tobacco smoke ... enhance or maintain nicotine delivery, could increase the addictiveness of cigarettes, and mask symptoms and illnesses associated with smoking behaviors." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

VERY ADVANCED RESEARCH, "Philip Morris developed the science of nicotine delivery and measurement of the effects of nicotine far beyond what was known by the medical community." https://lnkd.in/dazJ8n2 View in LinkedIn

TOBACCO COMPANIES have invested heavily in advanced research for much of the last fifty years, to formulate a product that creates greater addiction, stimulates pleasure zones in the brain, and is socially acceptable. The next series looks at some of this R&D. View in LinkedIn

UNUSUAL RECOMMENDATION. "If you have a weapon you can use the filter to clean the weapon or wipe your weapon down. There are up to nine chemicals in the filter, that when dipped in water, activate to keep steel from from rusting or corroding." Uses of the cigarette filter. http://beforeitsnews.com/self-sufficiency/2012/07/cigarettes-a-survival-tool-2431856.html View in LinkedIn

"UNINTENTIONAL" TOBACCO ADDITIVES BY WHO, include soil bacteria and fungi, including 18 very toxic mycotoxins, pesticides, suckercides, and insecticides. Written by a former tobacco VP of R&D. Completely unregulated. This could be an exposé waiting to happen. https://lnkd.in/dCewiUV View in LinkedIn

US SECRET INGREDIENTS. "Tobacco companies are protected from fully disclosing their ingredients to the public." They are required to list them with the Secretary of the DHHS, but they are neither brand nor company specific, but rather a master list, which is a confidential trade secret. There are no safety tests of additives required. https://lnkd.in/dCewiUV View in LinkedIn