It harms the lungs and blocks the alveoli sacs (tiny bubbles through which air exchange occurs), but it also causes cancer in the respiratory system
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WAILOO: I'm the author of a book called "Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, And The Untold Story Of The Menthol Cigarette." DEMBY: And just like Henry Brown/Mandrake, Keith said he first noticed that something was going on when he was a kid in the 1970s, and his neighborhood in New York was covered with ads for menthols - on billboards, in magazines
[16] However, rates are much higher among younger adults (9.3%), adults who are LGBTQ+ (11.5%) and those who have chronic health conditions [17, 18] Conflicting evidence exists in the literature on whether e-cigs help or undermine quit attempts
They'd rather deal with the more broad taxing issues