A woman was given a spiked cigarette in a bar in London and was raped after smoking it. She only remembered the assault a few days after it happened.

Called a ‘Fry Cigarette’, it is soaked in embalming fluid which contains formaldehyde. When smoked, the victim loses all sense of orientation, judgement, and for a while, memory of the event.

The woman met a man in a bar. He offered her a cigarette, which she smoked. Six days later she attended a Renton rape clinic in Kent when memories of the event came back to her. Staff at the clinic believe she was the victim of a fry cigarette. They said that from the information they were able to retrieve from the victim they believe that what initiated the sexual assault was the cigarette.

The woman had not consumed any alcohol at all that evening.

Fry cigarettes have been around since the late 1990s. The first recorded case was in North Carolina, USA. There was another case last year in Swansea, Wales.

Apparently, the cigarette has an unusual taste and smell.

Written by: Christian Nordqvist

Editor: Medical News Today