Published in The Copenhagen Post on the 26th of November 2007:
Research indicates cigarette makers have increased the risks of smoking by adding chemicals
A new study from the Danish Cancer Society charges the tobacco industry with knowingly adding at least 200 different chemicals to its products in order to make it easier for people to smoke.
Some of the chemicals also increase the addictive power of nicotine, according to Per Kim Nielsen of the Cancer Society.
He added that some of the chemicals are directly harmful to the body.
‘We know that smoking causes cancer. But some of these additives increase the risk of developing cancer,’ Nielsen told public broadcaster DR.
Scandinavian Tobacco, Denmark’s largest producer of tobacco products, categorically denied using additives in order to increase the potency of its tobacco products.