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Cigarettes contain tobacco, tar and a range of other toxic cancer-causing chemicals, and are one of the largest preventable causes of illness and death in the UK, external.

Although researchers have found evidence Neanderthals built fires for cooking and manipulating materials, exactly how they procured and processed tar has been a mystery.

Initially believed to be tar balls, they were in fact a "disgusting" combination of human faeces, cooking oil, chemicals and illicit drugs, researchers say.

The Times reported that the original project cost was $650 million, which rose after a yearlong delay precipitated by the discovery of fossils and tar under the construction site.

On the right, Epstein continues to be used to tar those to their left.