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Cancer fear as cigarette prices turn smokers to roll-ups  

Jump to full article: Daily Record and Sunday Mail (uk), 2008-03-25

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SOARING cigarette prices are increasing the risk of cancer as more smokers swap fags for cheaper roll-ups.

The rising cost of ciggies - up again in this month's Budget - has sparked a boom in the sale of hand-rolled tobacco.

Hordes of young revellers, especially women, now consider it trendy to light a roll-up outside bars and clubs.

More than one in four smokers now puffs the DIY way and the number of women smoking roll-ups has risen by almost 10 per cent since 2005.

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