The LGA, which represents more than 370 councils, also warned that fake cigarettes pose a greater fire risk as they do not include components that ensure they self-extinguish if not actively smoked. Potential dangers for smokers include higher levels of carcinogens and potentially harmful extra tar. Those bought on the street were analysed and found to contain three times the level of arsenic than normal cigarettes - so would cause three times the damage. Strontium 90 is formed in nuclear reactors or explosions. Its half-life – the time it takes for half its radioactive atoms to decay – is 28 years. Fag-end itself, always according to the OED, comes from an usage of fag, meaning "something that hangs loose". I read all this as suggesting that the word for cigarette came about because of the way cigarettes often

The pair were allegedly found in possession of 200 Mayfair king-sized cigarettes, 55x50g Amber Leaf tobacco, 5,440 Richmond king-sized cigarettes, 200 Regal king-sized cigarettes and 15x50g Golden Virginia tobacco pouches, all of which were counterfeit. It is similar to calcium, so it tends to build up in the bones of people exposed to radiation. Once there, it can cause bone cancer and leukaemia.Counterfeit cigarettes containing up to 500% higher levels of cancer-causing chemicals are undermining efforts to reduce smoking, councils have warned. Speaking about the rotten environments that the fake fags are made in, Mr O’Reilly said: “The problem for consumers is that illegal tobacco is not regulated at all. The 24-year-old, of Viewlands Place, failed to attend at Perth Sheriff Court on Wednesday for sentencing.

At Dundee Sheriff Court, Tough’s case was continued until May. Drugs pusher hid stash in pram shipment The UK is being targeted with counterfeit cigarettes. Not to be confused with genuine cigarettes, these fake cigarettes are manufactured illicitly, contain higher levels of toxins than their legal counterparts, and are smuggled into the country by criminal gangs to be sold cheaply nationwide." HM Treasury, 2004. The tobacco products were variously found to be fake, bearing the logos of brands like Lambert and Butler, Golden Virginia and Richmond, or genuine products that had been smuggled into the country and on which tax had not been paid. Your essential round-up of Tayside’s court cases you can’t read about elsewhere starts right here… Trial to keep tabs on A recent raid in Coventry discovered a haul of 14 million fake cigarettes, and those that go untraced are typically sold on the street or at car boot sales.

Past nuclear weapons tests have left Strontium 90 in the environment, and it is also found in spent fuel rods from nuclear power stations.

British slang for "cigarette" (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag "loose piece, last remnant of cloth" (late 14c., as in fag-end "extreme end, loose piece," 1610s), which perhaps is related to fag (v.), which could make it a variant of flag (v.). Counterfeit tobacco was being sold from Addison's Vauxhall insignia Picture: Oxfordshire County Council (Image: Oxfordshire County Council) Prosecutors say Tough, 52, was driving without insurance when he drove dangerously on a roundabout, failing to slow down, negotiate a bend and colliding with a tree. A batch of counterfeit fags seized in Ayrshire were found to be 30 times more toxic than normal cigarettes.

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An arrest warrant has been issued for Perth woman Kerri Shaw, who stole hundreds of pounds worth of alcohol and other goods in a year-long shoplifting spree. Police have previously investigated claims that money spent on fake cigarettes in Glasgow was funding Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, and Triad gangs are believed to be involved in smuggling millions of cigarettes into Scotland from China.

Addison was caught selling counterfeit tobacco a third and final time on February 17, 2023, this time around the corner from the market in Brandon Close. Manchester, Croydon and Coventry have recently seen raids and prosecutions by councils, with trading standards officers finding illegal stashes hidden under floorboards, in toilet cisterns, in boxes of sweets, behind extractor fans and ceiling lights, and beneath a motorised lift. In 2006 cigarette consumption was estimated to be 67.5 billion – around 3% of the total was estimated to be counterfeit (source: TMA). Women accused of selling thousands of counterfeit cigarettes and tobacco pouches will stand trial next month. Duggan was released on bail after appearing from custody at Dundee Sheriff Court, where he made no plea and the case was continued for further examination. City-wide shoplifterThe 34-year-old allegedly turned on all the water taps, causing the bathroom to flood, damaging his own and his neighbour’s property.