We need that joint commitment to help further reduce smoking and substantially increase the progress against smoking-related deaths. Farhad Islami, MD, PhD Senior Scientific Director of Disparity Research Surveillance, Prevention, & Health Services Research, American Cancer Society One effective way to save even more lives, Islami adds, is to design tobacco control programs targeted to groups that have a higher risk of smoking, such as people of lower socioeconomic status. For example, individuals with only a high school diploma or even less education are 5 times more likely to smoke and die from lung cancer compared with individuals with a college degree
Sri Lankas only tobacco manufacturer and exporter, the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC), also a subsidiary of the British American Tobacco PLC is the second largest trader on the Colombo Stock Exchange
Smoking during pregnancy can impair the baby's brain development
They also provide less harsh hits on the throat, unlike the full-flavoured ones
Their findings are unequivocal
