"One substance reinforces the use of the other, and vice versa, which can escalate a path to addiction," says Dr
"You never hear of anybody robbing stores when they're too high, they don't drive cars, alcohol causes more damage to your body, so it's just a hangup from ignorance that's become politicized." "It's about education,' the 66-year-old added
Secondhand tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 substances
From then on, it will be an offence to sell a nicotine inhaling product to someone under the age of 18
The proposal would add $1 to the states current 99.5 cents per pack cigarette tax and has the backing of many health organizations and business groups as a way to discourage smoking and reduce Indianas high smoking rate
Cigarette consumption per person in India is low compared to global levels