01 October 2006
:: future :: :: Tobacco firms ’sweetening cigarettes to hook the young’ :: October :: 2006
Plum juice, maple syrup and honey added to appeal to adolescent smokers Tobacco manufacturers are adding sugar and sweeteners in an effort to make cigarettes smoother - in what is being branded a cynical attempt to lure young smokers and turn them into addicts. New research, published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology, reveals that some cigarette firms are using additives such as plum juice, maple syrup and honey to make their products taste better.
07 August 2006
Cigarette ads to be eliminated from Formula-1 in Hungary
Budapest - The Formula-1 Hungarian Grand Prix will be organised under the same conditions as before until 2011, but without cigarette advertisements, MTI learnt on Sunday, following a meeting between Monika Lamperth, minister of local governments and development, and Formula-1 head Bernie Ecclestone.Budapest - The Formula-1 Hungarian Grand Prix will be organised under the same conditions as before until 2011, but without cigarette advertisements, MTI learnt on Sunday, following a meeting between Monika Lamperth, minister of local governments and development, and Formula-1 head Bernie Ecclestone.
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