In 2022 Michael, a 58-year-old who had lost his mother a couple of years before, told the Mental Health Foundation his life was like being on a desert island
"It's been in decline ever since the first reports in the 1950s that smoking was bad for your health," he said
Unlike chewing gum and patches, they mimic the experience of cigarette smoking because they are hand-held and generate a smoke-like vapor when used
While the percentage of adults over age 65 who smoke is lower than the percentage of smokers in other age groups, older adults usually have smoked for a long time (about 40 years) and tend to be heavier smokers, according to the American Lung Association
[DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 103.Paulson J.R., Yang T., Selvaraj P.K., Mdzinarishvili A., Van der Schyf C.J., Klein J., et al