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Safe Cigarettes?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the taking-out-all-the-fun-stuff dept.

CDPatten writes "The UK Times Online is reporting that we could see a 'safe cigarette' next year. From the article: 'BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) is to launch a controversial 'safer cigarette' designed to cut the risk of smoking-related diseases such as cancer and heart failure by up to 90%.' I wonder if this will have any impact on the no smoking bans we have seen in recent years?"

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  1. Still Safe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the tobacco industry said that their products already were safe? So these would be just the same again, right?

  2. We need deadlier cigarettes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you really want people to quit smoking, make them 100x more lethal, so that smoking a year will kill you. Then we'll see how many people actually have a motivation to quit.

  3. They've had these for YEARS!!! by ferrellcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they're DELICIOUS!

  4. I smoke like a trooper by Dominic+Burns · · Score: 5, Funny

    To all you puritan non-smokers, I say good luck - hope you enjoy the old folks' home!!

    Haaaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaarggghhhhh!!!!

    *cough*

  5. Re:Cause or Risk Factor? (warning pro-smoking) by veeoh · · Score: 5, Funny

    >By the way, I ran a half marathon while smoking 10 cigarettes,

    All at the same time?

  6. Re:tobacco still sucks by germansausage · · Score: 5, Funny

    It makes you cough, stink and die. What's not to like?