Hongtashan and other heavy metals was traced to 13 Chinese cigarette brands exceeded

Core Tip: academics study released yesterday, the Chinese white sand, large front door and other heavy metals exceeded the 13 brands of cigarettes, the researchers said that the heavy metals in cigarettes may come from contaminated soil. Tobacco Board said that the current domestic and some foreign countries have not introduced a whole cigarette heavy metal standards, the domestic cigarette paper only for heavy metal content of raw material requirements.
Large front door and other media said 13 Chinese brands of cigarettes of heavy metals exceeded13 heavy metal heavy metal content of cigarettes exceeded
Hongtashan media said 13 Chinese brands of cigarettes such as excessive heavy metals13 heavy metal heavy metal content of cigarettes exceeded
People's Daily reported yesterday, October 9, the Ninth Asia-Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Sydney, Australia, a study released at the meeting, the 13 domestic brands in the detection of heavy metal in cigarette tobacco contains lead, arsenic and cadmium and other heavy metals, and their contents compared with the Canadian production of cigarettes, three times more than the maximum.
It is understood, the researchers used the Canadian tobacco cigarettes compared with China, because the Canadian law on tobacco manufacturers and importers must test the metal content of tobacco.
Project researchers, New York, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Richard O'Connor pointed out that non-smokers and cigarette smokers have a right to know exactly what is in the kind of ingredients. People died of tobacco containing composition, the urgent need for strong intervention of cigarette products, and strictly comply with the World Health Organization, "Tobacco Control Framework Convention."
Canadian researchers Jeffrey Professor Fang finally stressed that the Chinese people know little about the dangers of tobacco, if you do not take effective measures, China will soon be plunged into an unprecedented public health disaster. As the "Framework Convention on Tobacco Control," the State, China must take strong measures to protect citizens from the dangers of tobacco.
Relevant statistics, China's smoking population of over 320 million people, hundreds of people die every year related diseases. Smoking population of China is not only the global maximum, but also the world's largest tobacco manufacturer. "Tobacco Map" (Tobacco Atlas) data show that in 2007 China produced 2.16 trillion cigarettes.
According to Jeffrey, said the heavy metals in cigarettes may come from contaminated soil. Like tobacco and other plants absorb minerals from the soil, if soil containing lead, cadmium these substances in the soil above the growth of tobacco that also contain these substances.
For some domestic cigarettes was detected heavy metals exceeded, the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, deputy director of science and education, said Jin Zhong Li, the country has not put the entire cigarette market access standards for heavy metals, only limited raw materials, heavy metals such as cigarette paper content can not exceed a certain number of requirements.
According to Jin, deputy director learned that the entire foreign cigarette and no heavy metals related standards.