Louis Beacon, April 16, 2008: 50 million Americans smoke cigarettes
Traditional cigarettes, which burn tobacco to deliver nicotine, are widely recognised as harmful due to the release of thousands of toxic chemicals, tar, and carcinogens when the tobacco is burned
your lung function begins to improve 1 to 9 months after quitting, your coughing and shortness of breath decrease 1 year after quitting, your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker 5 to 15 years after quitting, your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker 10 years after quitting, your lung cancer death risk is about half that of a smoker
Borland R, Fong GT, Yong HH, Cummings KM, Hammond D, King B, et al
But better protection does not automatically answer every other question about storage history or market origin
Today, there is no proven or official link between the tobacco industry and these products