Jump to full article: News Interactive Network/News Limited/News.com (au), 2008-04-02
Author: Grant McArthur
Intro: CIGARETTES are becoming even more dangerous as tobacco companies secretly change their recipes to improve the taste and deceive the medical profession, a leading expert claims.
Australian adviser to the World Health Organisation Dr Nigel Gray claims manufacturers have increased the carcinogen content of smokes to boost flavour, creating a flood of new cancers despite tighter restrictions on smoking in public places and tobacco advertising.
Dr Gray yesterday told the annual meeting of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand in Melbourne that the recipe changes meant doctors were now treating more adenocarcinoma lung cancers, while rates of squamous cell carcinomas were falling.
Tests had shown that US tobacco firms had increased nitrosamine levels by up to 900 per cent in some products over recent years to boost the flavour.
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