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In 2006, a former Russian spy was allegedly murdered using Polonium -210. This radioactive chemical is also found in cigarette smoke, a fact at least one tobacco company was aware of in 1964.

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Source 1:

Proctor, R.N. "Puffing on Polonium." The New York Times. 01 Dec. 2006. Web.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01proctor.html?ex=1166590800&en=ad9fa6ba36fdf6ab&ei=5070

Source 2:

"Polonium-210 In Tobacco Smoke As A Tracer For Particle Deposition And Movement In Human Lungs." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 15 Apr. 1964.

http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/btt44f00/pdf?search=%22polonium%20210%20in%20tobacco%20smoke%20as%20a%20tracer%20for%20particle%20deposition%20movement%20in%20human%20lungs%22

Source 3:

"Exposure Of Cigarette Smokers To Polonium-210." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 1964. Report.

http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/dib64f00/pdf

Source 4:

Hager, JH. "Telephone Conversation, R. K. Heimann, This Date." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 09 June 1967. Letter.

http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/eib64f00/pdf

Source 5:

Pedersen, PM. "Filter Cigarettes For Removing Polonium From The Smoke, Interview With Mr. Nelson Stewart On September 23, 1964." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 25 Sept. 1964. Letter.

http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/con11a00/pdf

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