China is the worlds biggest cigarette producer and consumer, with 300 million smokers who consume 40 per cent of the worlds tobacco
The pulmonary parenchyma histoarchitecture analysis showed an increase in the volume density of alveolar spaces and a reduction in the volume density of the alveolar septa in animals exposed to regular cigarette smoke compared to control animals, suggesting lung parenchyma damage
In an essay, Beware the Nanny State, in the July 2016 issue of the trade journal Tobacco Reporter , Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the UKs Institute of Economic Affairs, a free-market think-tank funded in part by the tobacco industry, claims that the introduction of plain packaging in Britain is infantilizing consumers by stripping them of their freedom to make their own decisions in accordance with their own judgment. He adds, These laws could boost organized crime, hamper investment, affect jobs and damage small businesses. That they might also save lives is none of his business
12 August 2016
Heated devices more closely resemble the process of smoking cigarettes than any other alternative, so they stand as a solid choice for habitual smokers in need of a change
Int J Environ Res Public Health 20(3):1908
