This can have an adverse effect on all aspects of their health and development, leading to increase in risk of respiratory diseases and coronary heart diseases as well as poor growth and, in some cases, sudden infant death syndrome 1,6,7,8
Tobacco is the number one preventable cause of death nationwide, and is expected to claim the lives of more than 480,000 Americans this year alone, he said
The resulting trend lines are used to derive estimates for single years, so that a number can be reported even if the country did not run a survey in that year
He said he is not aware of any person who has been arrested for having a menthol cigarette in their possession in places such as Massachusetts and dozens of smaller jurisdictions that have banned their sale
Traditional solutions like opening windows or using sprays only mask the problem for a short while