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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 05:22 PM
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And in other news...Britain putting RFID chips in cigarette packs
...to help combat cigarette smuggling.

http://www.my-esm.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202400024

According to the piece, three percent of all the cigarettes smoked in Great Britain (two billion cigarettes, or 100 million 20-cigarette packs) were illegally smuggled into the country, mostly from China. The RFID tags are to help combat this.
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WHEN CRABS ROAR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 05:26 PM
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1. They will be in everything soon.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 05:29 PM
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2. Yes, they will...


RFID Chips will soon be in EVERYTHING.
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WHEN CRABS ROAR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 05:35 PM
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3. Doing what government does best.
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