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... in response to Cigarette filters contain pig’s blood
  1. Research not clear
    Imran khan Imran khan India says:
    May 7, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    Simon Chapman said that one particular cigarette brand sold in Greece is confirmed to be using pig haemoglobin in its manufacturing process. Not all brands using pig blood. He says in Greece not all over world, so india may be safe. In India ITC manufactures cigrettes so there is no need to worry. In India many Hindus like Brahmins, Lingayaths also smoke, they hate pig product as we do so in India ITC may not use pig blood.

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    • Good point
      kabeer khan kabeer khan Australia says:
      May 30, 2010 at 12:29 PM

      I think that a good point but "ITC may not use" is just a thought or may be ITC are using who knows. When multinational companies are doing it all over the world why can't it be in India. The worse part is that even after this news was released the cigarette companies didn't bother to give an explanation on the issue which is very rude on there part.

      I think the vegetarians, Jews and Muslims should be ashamed
      that they have not gone forward and done any thing with regards in this matter!

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      • Avoid if you are in doubt!!
        Mohd Arslan Mohd Arslan India says:
        February 15, 2018 at 6:27 AM

        I got to know about this in Aug'15, and since then allhumdulilah i have stopped completely. Kabir you have pointed out very well that if multinational companies are using it then why can’t ITC. One of my friend tried to contact ITC regarding this but there was no response from them.Plus if you contact on their customer number they will not disclose the details about filters. This suggest that something is fishy and then do not want consumer to know about filter ingredients. I am sure they use the same formula as multinational firms do. “ The research found pig haemoglobin - a blood protein - was being used to make the filters more effective at blocking toxic chemicals before they entered a smoker's lungs.”

        This (formula) should be more than enough for any big cigarette company to increase their sale as they will have less complaints or death reports from the customer, which in return makes the company image more trustable/reliable in the eyes of consumer.

        I have personally researched Marlboro (Philip morris) because i used to smoke that brand and believe me they use this pig stuff and what is more surprising is that the website was UAE marlboro. I feel very disturbed when i see a percentage of arabs following the west blindly whether it is a new cars, girls or alcohol for instance. My request to all the Muslims is to quit smoking. They should consider this a sign from ALLAH (s.w.t),and Indeed  ALLAH (s.w.t)  has done a big favour upon us by showing the in-depth details of cigarette and strategies these zionists uses to destabilise/harm muslim community and others.

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