Tobacco's radiation dosehigher than leaves at Chernobyl

[Deadly Sushi]

If nothing else, this should worry smokers: the radiation dose from radium and polonium found naturally in tobacco can be a thousand times more than that from the caesium-137 taken up by the leaves from the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Constantin Papastefanou from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece measured radioactivity in tobacco leaves from across the country and calculated the average radiation dose that would be received by people smoking 30 cigarettes a day. He found that the dose from natural radionuclides was 251 microsieverts a year, compared with 0.199 from Chernobyl fallout in the leaves (Radiation Protection Dosimetry, vol 123, p 68).

The rest: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11974&feedId=online-news_rss20

 

[Av8r3400]

More liberal, tobacco-hating crap. (Yes I'm a non-smoker.)

Here is what Chernoybl is like today. Certainly not a walk in the park.

(THanks again to Myth for the link.)

 

[Doc]

If nothing else, this should worry smokers: the radiation dose from radium and polonium found naturally in tobacco can be a thousand times more than that from the caesium-137 taken up by the leaves from the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Constantin Papastefanou from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece measured radioactivity in tobacco leaves from across the country and calculated the average radiation dose that would be received by people smoking 30 cigarettes a day. He found that the dose from natural radionuclides was 251 microsieverts a year, compared with 0.199 from Chernobyl fallout in the leaves (Radiation Protection Dosimetry, vol 123, p 68).

The rest: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11974&feedId=online-news_rss20

I find this interesting ...but also confusing. What country's tobacco leaves are being tested? Since he is in Greece I would suppose they are testing tobbacco leaves from Greece. So, how would that number compare with tobacco producers here in the US? Also, wouldn't the leaves at Chernobyl be the 22nd generation leaves? Or were the leaves collected years prior to this article?

 

[Melensdad]

More liberal, tobacco-hating crap.

They may hate tobacco, but they are addicted to the tax revenues it generates.

A typical carton of cigarettes in Chicago sells for about $75.00
A typical carton of cigarettes in Indiana sells for about $33.00

The difference between the two? TAXES imposed by Illinois, by Cook county and by the City of Chicago.

Indiana is in the process of roughly doubling their state tax, the new price of a carton of cigarettes will be about $37.75. That will give Indiana a tax of just under $10 per carton, or just under $1 per pack. Illinois has raised their taxes so high that people from Chicago and Cook county cross the state line to buy cigarettes in Indiana. So tax revenues in Chicago dropped and are below budget expectations . . . the solution to make up the budget shortfall? Raise the tax again. They repeat this folly about every other year.

 

[Av8r3400]

What a wonderful circle of BS that is, isn't it Bob.

Something about having thier cake and eating it, too.

 

[thcri]

They may hate tobacco, but they are addicted to the tax revenues it generates.

A typical carton of cigarettes in Chicago sells for about $75.00
A typical carton of cigarettes in Indiana sells for about $33.00

The difference between the two? TAXES imposed by Illinois, by Cook county and by the City of Chicago.

Indiana is in the process of roughly doubling their state tax, the new price of a carton of cigarettes will be about $37.75. That will give Indiana a tax of just under $10 per carton, or just under $1 per pack. Illinois has raised their taxes so high that people from Chicago and Cook county cross the state line to buy cigarettes in Indiana. So tax revenues in Chicago dropped and are below budget expectations . . . the solution to make up the budget shortfall? Raise the tax again. They repeat this folly about every other year.

I will call them dumb shits is what I will call them. Each and every year they raise the tax there will be more people there that will cross that line and bring in cigarrettes illegally. I beleive most states have rules against crossing liquor and cigarrettes in certain qty's?? But more and more people will cross and you know what, not only do they lose the tax on the cigarrettes they lose tax all the other stuff these people buy when they are in the other state. They just don't go over there to buy cigarrettes.

murph