Taxpayers should not bear the costs of damages caused by tobacco companies
Sample size and power calculations Power was calculated using PASS software based on effect size estimates from pilot data where we detected an average change of 2.2 cigarettes, Cohens d = 0.68 [19]
The documentation should include one or more of: craving, failed quit attempts, continued use despite respiratory or cardiovascular consequences, escalating use, or morning cigarette timing (a validated dependence marker)
There is another kind of moral luck, though, appealed to by van Gogh in his late pictures and letters, different from the flamboyant self-creation of the more familiar Gauguin-Picasso sort
If an artery becomes completely blocked, you can have a heart attack