Big Tobacco Knew about Radioactive Ingredients in Cigarettes

For four decades, Big Tobacco suppressed internal evidence that cigarettes contain radioactive materials.

Documents show that the major transnational cigarette manufacturers managed the potential public relations problem of PO- 210 in cigarettes by avoiding any public attention to the issue for fear of "waking a sleeping giant, according to the article posted at RedOrbit.

The authors combed through documents filed in tobacco litigation. The article was produced by the American Public Health Association.