From: Jamaica Gleaner via Mundi News [Jamaica]
With counterfeit cigarettes being sold for approximately half the price of legal ones, some smokers could believe they are getting a bargain, but if you thought regular cigarettes were unhealthy, wait until you hear what is inside their counterfeit counterparts.
Usually manufactured in some unregulated plants, a research team in the United States has found that there were much higher concentrations of toxic heavy metals consistently found in counterfeit cigarettes that were seized in America compared to genuine brands, and that is not surprising to Assistant Superintendent of Police Victor Barrett of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigation Branch.
