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If you smoke and are experiencing health issues, you should research Fire Safe

Cigarettes that have been rapidly forced on unsuspecting smokers in the US and

should be worldwide by 2010-2011. Laws requiring so-called " fire-safe "

cigarettes have come into effect in most US states since 2004, as well as in

Canada. You should look for the letters " FSC " on the pack and avoid them.

Most smokers already know cigarettes are bad, but there's increasing concern

that new fire-safe cigarettes are doing double the damage to their bodies and to

those around the smokers. The added and higher level chemicals contained in FSC

cigarettes has proven to be more toxic than regular cigarettes and cause

increased health related problems for smokers. Symptoms/conditions include, but

are not limited to: increased blood pressure, nausea, sores in mouth and throat,

dry throat, constant headaches, extreme coughing, tightness in the chest,

vomiting, body aches, pain in the abdomen and respiratory conditions including

asthma and bronchitis. These new chemicals have not been tested before forcing

them on the human guinea pigs who purchase them. These unfortunate people are

uninformed about what is causing their strange symptoms.

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How is a cigarette made " fire-safe " ? The answer is simple: by altering its

chemical composition with the use of more additives.

There are no reliable statistical data demonstrating that fire-safe cigarette

laws actually reduce fires. In fact, many smokers are reporting that these

cigarettes are more fire prone.

The only " testing " that has been done on these FSC Cigarettes is their reduced

propensity, measures of tax revenue, pricing, and brand availability to assess

the effects of fire safety standards on the consumer market.

There has been NO TESTING done to determine what effect that these increased

levels of toxic compounds will have on a smoker.

Here is information on some of the chemicals that were added to the new Fire

Safe Cigarettes:

Ethylene vinyl acetate (CAS# 24937-78-8, also known as EVA or

sometimes simply as " acetate " ) is the copolymer of ethylene and vinyl

acetate. The weight percent vinyl acetate usually varies from 10 to

40% with the remainder being ethylene..............ADHESIVE

Naphthalene - derived from coal tar, carcinogen similar to moth

balls....naphthalene vapors build up to levels toxic to both the

adult and larval forms of many moths that attack

textiles......Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may damage or

destroy red blood cells. Humans, particularly children, have

developed this condition, known as hemolytic anemia, after ingesting

mothballs or deodorant blocks containing naphthalene. Symptoms

include fatigue, lack of appetite, restlessness, and pale skin.

Exposure to large amounts of naphthalene may cause nausea, vomiting,

diarrhea, blood in the urine, and jaundice (yellow coloration of the

skin).

Increased fluorine.

Acrolein is a severe pulmonary irritant and lachrymatory agent. It was used as a

chemical weapon during World War I. It is, however, not outlawed by the Chemical

Weapons Convention. Skin exposure to acrolein causes serious damage. Acrolein

concentrations of 2 ppm are immediately harmful. Acrolein is not a suspected

human carcinogen; no studies have been conducted on the carcinogenic effects of

acrolein on humans, but studies on rats have shown an increase in cancerous

tumors from ingestion, but not from inhalation. In October 2006, researchers

found connections between acrolein in the smoke from tobacco cigarettes and the

risk of lung cancer.