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The real surprise is that it didn't become the norm, and still legal as long as it has a little warning on the pack, while in the meantime useful medical drugs are banned as "potentially risky"
Where do you live?
All black countries on this map have banned all use of asbestos.
And how many banned cigarettes?
AfaIk, only NZ. If that was the point you've wanted to make, it wasn't clear for me.
My point is that cigarettes are stupidly legal, so having asbestos allowed to be put in them despite the knowledge of its health effects doesn't seem much more absurd.