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Blackmarket tobacco 'more damaging' 

Jump to full article: The Australian (au), 2008-07-07
Author: Tamara McLean

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PEOPLE addicted to black market tobacco are more likely to have bad lungs and other physical ills than those whose smoke the legal variety, a new study shows.

Smokers of so-called chop-chop widely believe the unbranded loose tobacco is "healthier" because it does not contain the same chemicals as commercial cigarettes.

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