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Disclosed: Pig's Blood Used In Cigarette

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- Cigarettes may contain traces of pigs' blood, an Australian academic

says with a warning that religious groups could find its undisclosed

presence "very offensive". University of Sydney Professor in Public

Health Simon Chapman points to recent Dutch research which identified

185 different industrial uses of a pig - including the use of its

haemoglobin in cigarette filters.

 

Prof Chapman said the research offered an insight into the otherwise

secretive world of cigarette manufacture, and it was likely to raise

concerns for devout Muslims and Jews. Religious texts at the core of

both of these faiths specifically ban the consumption of pork.

 

"I think that there would be some particularly devout groups who would

find the idea that there were pig products in cigarettes to be very

offensive," Prof Chapman said.

 

"The Jewish community certainly takes these matters extremely seriously

and the Islamic community certainly do as well, as would many

vegetarians.

 

"It just puts into hard relief the problem that the tobacco industry is

not required to declare the ingredients of cigarettes ... they say

'that's our business' and a trade secret." The Dutch research found pig

haemoglobin - a blood protein - was being used to make cigarette

filters more effective at trapping harmful chemicals before they could

enter a smoker's lungs.

 

At least one cigarette brand sold in Greece was confirmed as using pig

haemoglobin in its processes, Prof Chapman said. "If you're a smoker

and you're of Islamic or Jewish faith then you'd probably would want to

know and there is no way of finding out."

 

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