Cigarette consumption in the Eastern Mediterranean and African WHO regions actually increased by 65 and 52 percent, respectively, between 1980 and 2016
If you smoke, you increase your risk of at least 16 different types of cancer including lung, mouth (oral cavity), throat (pharynx), oesophagus, stomach, bowel, liver, pancreas, nasal cavity and sinuses, voice box (larynx), cervix, ovary, bladder, kidney, ureter and bone marrow (myeloid leukaemia)
Certainly, both groups would benefit from a ban on menthol for generations to come
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Fetal exposure, if nicotine products are used during pregnancy, has also been linked to adverse consequences such as deficits in attention and cognition, behavioral effects, and sudden infant death syndrome