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• £23m bid to find the first 'safe' cigarette 

A TOBACCO giant is pumping £23million into a British research centre to come up with the world's first "safe" cigarette.

Scientists at British American Tobacco say they want to cut out some of the 4,000 potentially harmful chemicals found in cigarettes.

And they say the new product could dramatically reduce rates of cancer among smokers.

But the scheme has been slammed by anti-smoking campaigners who claim such cigarettes would still cause health problems.

BAT is tranforming its base in Southampton into a global centre for research and development. It will house 1,100 staff.

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