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Smoking beedi may pose less health risks than cigarettes - Rajitha
Nov 02, 201605:38 PM
Smoking beedi may pose less health risks than cigarettes, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne says.
The observation was made at a press conference held in Colombo this afternoon (02).
He pointed out that smoking beedi may pose less health risks when it compared to cigarettes.
He went onto say that cigarette smoke contains some 22 key chemicals and other toxins while beedi only contains around four toxins.
The Minister also criticized the reports that beedi smoking has gone up after the recent cigarettes price hike. “This must be some kind of a miracles research to come to a conclusion in less than a week,” he said.
