[DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 42.Givel MS, Glantz SA
Vapes, e-cigarettes, and flavored tobacco are engineered to look harmless, but the reality remains unchanged: it is still nicotine, it is still highly addictive, and it is actively targeting the next generation
It has taken more than 50 years to flatten the mortality curve of lung cancer, in spite of having known all along the best single evidence-based action for entirely preventing lung cancer and other tobacco-caused diseases
"A health warning on every individual cigarette is innovative and world precedent setting," says Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian Cancer Society
This raises the question of whether the anxiety and panic-type behaviour associated with smoking might be related not only to the nicotine or to tobaccos other constituents but also to lung damage