A 1990 study found that sixth graders who had eaten candy cigarettes were twice as likely to have tried real cigarettes, regardless of whether their parents were smokers
These findings align with global literature on peer pressure, family modelling, and media portrayal [27, 28, 39, 70], emphasizing that interventions must address tobacco as a symbolic and social act, not just an individual habit
Smokings Disease Burden: Worse than Previously Thought
The Cleveland Clinic (CC) just published an egregiously misleading article titled, Vaping and Smoking: Both are Dangerous, Nicotine in any form is hazardous to your health. The 2007 British Royal College of Physicians report, Harm Reduction in Nicotine Addiction: Helping People Who Can't Quit, was unequivocal: that smokers smoke predominantly for nicotine, that nicotine itself is not especially hazardous , and that if nicotine could be provided in a form that is acceptable and effective as a cigarette substitute, millions of lives could be saved ( emphasis added) Despite the established science, the CC asks: But how do e-cigarettes and cigarettes really stack up when it comes to your health? They dont provide a straight answer, but in its 2016 report the Royal College did: the hazard to health arising from long-term vapour inhalation from the e-cigarettes available today is unlikely to exceed 5% of the harm from smoking tobacco . ( emphasis added)
LC Least Concern Widespread and abundant in the wild
