Pubdate: Sun, 10 Feb 2008
Source: Sunday Mail (UK)
Copyright: 2008 Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd.
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CHARITY DEMANDS DRUG WARNING ON CIGARETTE PAPERS

CIGARETTE papers should carry printed warnings about the dangers of 
cannabis, a mental health charity has urged.

Rethink say there is growing evidence the health risks associated 
with cannabis use means warnings similiar to those on tobacco 
products are necessary.

And they criticise manufacturers such as Imperial Tobacco, maker of 
UK best-sellers Rizla, for producing king-sized papers more suitable 
for cannabis consumption than tobacco.

The charity said: "Manufacturers should take responsibility for 
warning consumers of the dangers of cannabis use.

"Rethink believes that following the impact of tobacco warnings on 
cigarette packets, rolling paper packets should carry warnings about 
the mental health effects of cannabis."

A spokesman for Imperial Tobacco said yesterday: "We manufacture and 
sell rolling papers for the use of adult tobacco smokers.

"We recognise that rolling papers can be used in association with 
cannabis but this is not their intended purpose and we do not endorse this." 
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