Smoking can raise your risk of cataracts and cause macular degeneration (AMD)
It has been several decades since the link between tobacco use and disease and death became clear
And HIPPOCRATES shows how the French medics are more vocal than their more tolerant UK counterparts
So, I tend to agree with Drum that the rise of Juul among teens is a worrying trend, and I think it validates the approach the Food and Drug Administration has taken this year toward vape regulation: Trying to harness the very real public-health benefits that come from smokers switching to less-dangerous nicotine vaping, while discouraging current nonsmokers from taking up vaping, especially if they are underage
Overall, at the current levels, the WHO estimated in 2008 that by the end of the century, a billion people would have died from smoking at an annual cost to the global economy of US$1 trillion amounting to a projected total of US$92 trillion by 2100
Cardiovascular effects of secondhand smoke: nearly as large as smoking