BBC Article on Rolling Cigarettes Lights Up Debate

Doctors angry about 'how to' guide

Medical professionals in the U.K. are fuming. While doing research for an anti-smoking campaign, a director of public health came across a BBC article about rolling the perfect cigarette. He and his colleagues were anything but amused.

Despite outrage from the medical community, which called the piece “breathtakingly irresponsible,” BBC says the article will stay right where it is. A social media executive at BBC Online said the article is part of H2G2, a user-generated content site with the aim of creating an all-encompassing 'guide to life.'

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