Report on the Asia-Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health

10 year 10 8, the 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health was held in Sydney, Australia. A study released at the conference showed that 13 brands of cigarettes made in China were found to contain heavy metals, and the contents of heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and cadmium in tobacco were more than three times higher than those made in Canada. Relevant data show that there are more than 320 million smokers in China, and millions of people die of related diseases every year. China is not only the largest smoker in the world, but also the largest tobacco producer in the world. According to the data of Tobacco Atlas, in 2007, China produced 2 16 trillion cigarettes.

Jeffrey believes that the heavy metals in cigarettes may come from contaminated soil. Tobacco absorbs minerals in the soil like other plants. If the soil contains lead and cadmium, tobacco grown on this soil will also contain these substances.

For some domestic cigarettes, heavy metals were found to exceed the standard. Jin Zhongli, deputy director of the Science and Education Department of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, said that at present, the country has not yet introduced market access standards for all-tobacco heavy metals, only restrictions on raw materials. For example, the content of heavy metals in cigarette paper should not exceed a certain amount.

According to Deputy Director Jin, there is no relevant heavy metal standard for the whole cigarette abroad at present.