The study was cross-sectional, meaning it looked at one point in time
Yet as a journalist who covered tobacco harm reduction long before Filter existed, and a social worker who works with marginalized smokers to switch to lower-risk nicotine products, I have to report what the evidence shows
Why would tobacco companies spend $1,000,000 per day on something that has no impact
Multiple studies have produced strong evidence that smoking has the following side effects, both short and long term: Makes your blood thicker, and increase chances of clot formation Increases your blood pressure and heart rate, making your heart work harder than normal Narrows your arteries, reducing the amount of oxygen-rich blood circulating to your organs
In another study, the viability of mouse lung LA-4 cells was reduced by the gas phase of commercial cigarette smoke in a concentration-dependent manner, as measured by lactate dehydrogenase leakage and reduced metabolic activity (WST-1 assay) (Piperi et al
Last year, many industry experts predicted Rambo III would trounce Crocodile Dundee II in the Memorial Day-weekend war