| Dr Giovanni Invernizzi, an Italian medical researcher | | | | The more information you begin to dig up about |
| carried out very interesting and very shocking | | | | cigarettes, the more unclear I become as to why they |
| research into the harmful effects of cigarette fumes | | | | are firstly legal and secondly, used by so many people. |
| versus car exhaust fumes. Which would you think | | | | They should really have a list of ingredients on the |
| was worse? | | | | back of each packet - never mind the death warnings. |
| The experiment was set up, by having a 2 litre turbo | | | | Being more dangerous than car exhaust fumes just |
| diesel car locked and sealed into a garage and left | | | | goes to show how power they are. People don't get |
| idling for 30 minutes. What was measured was fine | | | | enough information on what goes into a cigarette. I |
| particle matter, which according to the researchers is | | | | think that if they did on a regular basis that people |
| the most dangerous form of air pollution for human | | | | would really start to think about what they are putting |
| health. | | | | into their bodies. |
| After the car was used, 3 cigarettes were burned one | | | | If any other food on the market ever gets a scare of |
| after each other for a period of 30 minutes. Every 2 | | | | an unhealthy toxin in it, the entire batch gets recalled. |
| minutes a measurement of the fine particle matter | | | | The same with the motor industry. If something is |
| was recorded and what was noticed as that | | | | found that has the slightest risk of causing harm, then it |
| cigarettes have 10 times the amount of fine particle | | | | gets pulled and fixed. Funny how we don't care about |
| matter than a 2 litre turbo diesel engine! | | | | cigarettes. |