ASH Daily News for 16/11/2000

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ASH Daily News

16 November, 2000

Headlines
150 vehicles of smugglers crushed a week
Gallaher buys Moscow cigarette factory
'Polyester smoke screen'

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150 vehicles of smugglers crushed a week

The Daily Telegraph reports, 'A record 150 vehicles a week are being seized
at British ferry ports and sent
to the crusher as Customs officers show no mercy under new legislation
against
cross-Channel smuggling... About 100 vehicles are currently waiting to be
crushed at a scrapyard in Essex.

The Telegraph adds, 'Legislation introduced earlier this year enables cars,
vans and trailers to be
destroyed if they contain loads of alcohol and cigarettes deemed too great
for
the owner's personal use.'

Source: Daily Telegraph, 14 November 2000

Gallaher buys Moscow cigarette factory

Gallaher, Britain's second biggest tobacco company, has taken over a
cigarette factory in Moscow. This was move was due to Gallagher's takeover
in August of Liggett-Ducat, an American cigarette subsidiary, at a cost of
about $300 million (£210million).

The Times adds that, 'The World Health Organisation is urging the Kremlin to
launch tough new campaigns against smoking and alcohol to combat high death
rates.'

Source: The Times, 16 November 2000

'Polyester smoke screen'

The Guardian reports that, 'People who want to avoid going home from pubs or
bars smelling of cigarette smoke should wear polyester, say researchers.
Tests in the US showed polyester absorbed up to four times less smoke than
wool, cotton and linen. The findings are revealed in New Scientist.'

Source: The Guardian, 16 November 2000