The Surgeon General has found that nicotine has negative health impacts on fetal development and adolescent brain development
"How the heck can I not take this moment to use my voice to say to people, 'Hey, early detection saved my life, and now early detection saved my life again,'" says Coulier
Herbal cigarettes may be treated as one of the non-tobacco smoking alternatives, but they are not claimed to be without risks at all since they involve smoke inhaled
Smoke-free policies aren't a guarantee, of course, and there have been difficulties enforcing them among some of the local public housing authorities that have implemented them
While they look similar, they rely on completely different heating mechanisms and cannot be used interchangeably
Should this rule be implemented and withstand legal challenges, it will be essential to determine whether cigar-using behaviors will change among those who primarily use them for smoking blunts