People who smoked even one cigarette a day were still about 50% more likely to develop heart disease and 30% more likely to have a stroke than people who had never smoked, researchers said
Not harmful, but definitely unpleasant
Becker TD, Arnold MK, Ro V, Martin L, Rice TR
And she wondered if the governor had given them over to his weird daughter like someone would give a live pair of mice to a hungry snake
We need to reframe the problem as a systemic problem, where policy has to counter hyper-consumption environments, restrict marketing, and stop interference in policymaking. The report urges governments across Europe to impose much tougher regulation of how health-harming products are marketed, introduce curbs on monopolistic practices and lobbying, and ensure trade agreements and economic laws prioritise public health