He also warns that "this custome of taking the fume downe into the stomack and lungs" is "very pernicious." The lungs will "consequently become unapt for motion, to the great offence of the heart, and ruine at length of the whole body." Paulli was a professor of botany, anatomy and surgery as well as physician to Christian IV of Denmark
If a tobacco control measure isnt passed because of this letter, the price could be paid in lives of people who might otherwise quit smoking. The tobacco control bill going through Zambias parliament includes proposals to go further than UK legislation by also applying to e-cigarettes, and mandating that graphic health warnings cover 75% of product packaging
It is the deadliest object in human history : the cigarette
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It's a subtle but genius move to put the living into the dying (fruit into ashes)
First, in all three high-income regions, smoking explained up to 50% of sex differences in period life expectancy between age 50 and 85 over the study period 19502015
