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===2019: Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irs1YmmvNCk Fake Cigarettes from Blumentritt]=== | ===2019: Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irs1YmmvNCk Fake Cigarettes from Blumentritt]=== | ||
*Fake cigarettes being sold for by illegal vendors along Blumentritt, Manila City. Real or fake, both can give you cancer. But the fake ones might get you there even faster. There are various studies worldwide which proved counterfeit cigarettes are even more dangerous than regulated cigarettes. "The research team’s study concluded that there were much higher concentrations of toxic heavy metals consistently found in counterfeit cigarettes that were seized in the U.S. compared to genuine brands." - Department of Sciences at John Jay College of Criminal Justice | *Fake cigarettes being sold for by illegal vendors along Blumentritt, Manila City. Real or fake, both can give you cancer. But the fake ones might get you there even faster. There are various studies worldwide which proved counterfeit cigarettes are even more dangerous than regulated cigarettes. "The research team’s study concluded that there were much higher concentrations of toxic heavy metals consistently found in counterfeit cigarettes that were seized in the U.S. compared to genuine brands." - Department of Sciences at John Jay College of Criminal Justice | ||
===2017: Study: [https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/trsg/trs/2017/00000003/00000003/art00010 Counterfeit Electronic Cigarette Products with Mislabeled Nicotine Concentrations]=== | |||
* We introduce 2 novel issues in the e-cigarette industry, the production of counterfeit refill fluids under a brandjacked label and inclusion of nicotine in 81.3% of the counterfeit products labeled 0 mg/mL. This study emphasizes the need for better control and monitoring of nicotine containing products and sales outlets. | |||
*[https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/trsg/trs/2017/00000003/00000003/art00010# PDF Version] | |||
*Citation: Authors: Omaiye, Esther E.; Cordova, Iliana; Davis, Barbara; Talbot, Prue - Source: Tobacco Regulatory Science, Volume 3, Number 3, July 2017, pp. 347-357(11) - Publisher: Tobacco Regulatory Science Group - DOI: 10.18001/TRS.3.3.10 | |||
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