This is a familiar adversary of public health, but the topic is slightly different. E-cigarettes, he added, are not the same thing as conventional cigarettes
While vapes and e-cigarettes dont take up as much room, they do take longer to break down including disposable vapes
Getting past the blame game removes the stigma and allows a more constructive approach to tobacco cessation and disease prevention and treatment
However, the study, published in the Lancet Medical Journal on Wednesday, also argues that the war on tobacco is far from won, and policy makers need renewed and sustained efforts to tackle the epidemic. Although there has been a marked reduction in the number of smokers globally, there were still nearly one billion smokers in 2015, and half of all the 6.4 million deaths attributed to smoking in 2015 were concentrated in just four countries - China, India, Russia and the USA
Some inflammatory diseases are less common or less severe in smokers than non-smokers
So, while we have made progress, this study shows that the fight against tobacco is far from over
