And we were in my basement, which had a door open to outside, but was also next to the furnace, so when we smoked, it filled the house
The American Lung Association reports that menthol cigarettes were responsible for 1.5 million new smokers, 157,000 smoking-related premature deaths and 1.5 million life years lost among Black Americans from 1980-2018. This year, the Biden administration has been reviewing proposals from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove menthol from cigarettes and cigars but has deferred decision-making in this area
Unborn children suffer from restricted growth, resulting in exceptionally low birth weights
That adds up to 1,300 deaths every day
Future research should examine the context in which gender differences in nicotine use might occur
Children who live with a smoker are more likely to develop asthma and suffer from chest infections