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PETA claims on meat are ‘rubbish’: doctors

The Australian Medical Association has rubbished claims by an animal rights group that eating meat is as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.

AAP reports People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has called on the Queensland Government to sue meat and dairy farms over health concerns.

PETA claims that because of their link to heart disease, cancer, obesity, and diabetes, the Government should sue food producers the same way it sues cigarette companies.

A PETA spokesperson also told AAP it was a “fair call” to say eating meat was as dangerous as smoking cigarettes.

AMA president Steve Hambleton said consumers should not pay attention to the claim by PETA.

“That's a sensationalist comment, a throwaway line that should also be thrown away,” he said.

Hambleton said tobacco was the only product likely to kill consumers when used the way it was intended.

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