U.S. to Quit Inspecting Tobacco

[deek]

NOTE: Imported Tobacco, but not Domestic Tobacco...


WASHINGTON - Legislation just passed by Congress abolishes the requirement that the government inspect imported tobacco to ensure it is not laced with chemicals and pesticides banned in the United States but permitted elsewhere.

That means imported leaf, which U.S. tobacco companies are increasingly relying on, could make cigarettes even more harmful, said Tom Glynn, director of science and trends for the American Cancer Society

Glynn said about 60 of the 4,000 or so chemicals in cigarette smoke are linked to cancer. "What this may do is just add to that number, making an already toxic product even more toxic," he said.

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U.S. farmers are unhappy about the end of foreign inspections on tobacco. The change was included in legislation that will pay tobacco growers $10 billion and end a Depression-era program that set price and production controls on American-grown leaf.

more http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=4&u=/ap/tobacco_buyout_inspections

[Tace]

1. Now The Gov't Won't Notice "Dutch Tobacco" Cigarette Imports

[amber dog democrat]

2. this would have worried me

if I had not quit smoking in 1973. Can foreign tobacco be bad for you or just unhealthy?

[Spinzonner]

3. But, of course, it's not safe to import foreign drugs

The country is turnng into Brazil - Terry Gilliam's version, that is.