Mary Rezk-Hanna is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California, Los Angeles
In passing Ballot Issue 2B, voters also said yes to a 40 percent hike on all other tobacco products including cigars, e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco
"They'll add an object into the X-ray image that is a threat, like a handgun or something like that, and they'll test the operator's ability to find it
Smoking also raises the amount of stomach acid and increases acidic secretions, which are both linked to an increased risk of esophageal injury
However, in general, current research indicates that smoking is linked to lower testosterone levels in men, as well as other negative impacts on male reproductive health, such as decreased sperm count, motility, and morphology