Public health experts say some of these items would almost certainly have been smoked by young people in North East Lincolnshire. Health wise, illegal tobacco and cigarettes are unregulated and untested and national tests of illegal cigarettes have found arsenic, asbestos, animal faeces and dead insects in the tobacco. All seized tobacco products have now been removed from sale, helping to prevent potentially dangerous and unregulated products from reaching consumers. Unlike legitimate tobacco products, illegal cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco are not subject to strict safety regulations or quality controls. “Cheap illegal tobacco also makes it easier for people, particularly young people, to start or continue smoking.