American Voices

American Cigarettes More Carcinogenic

June 7, 2010 | ISSUE 46•23

A study by the Centers for Disease Control found that compared to foreign brands, cigarettes made in the United States have three times the amount of cancer-causing nitrosamines. What do you think?

  • Nitrosamines? Yuck. That's why I only smoke Chinese cigarettes, which have only been verifiably shown to contain female fertility hormones and trace amounts of ether."

    Carl Port
    Systems Analyst

  • If we can't make them without cancer here, then it's time to start making U.S. cigarettes overseas."

    Suzi Licher
    Veneer Grader

  • Whatever. I have health insurance now."

    Keith Loveless
    Sanitation Worker

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