online cigarettes
2007-09-15
This adds to the concern that I expressed previously about the potential for compensation by smokers in order to maintain a constant nicotine dose in the face of mandatory reductions in nicotine content of cigarettes. It also adds to the concern over increased carbon monoxide levels produced by very low nicotine cigarettes, which would also be expected to increase disease risk. The bottom line is this: we simply do not know what the effect of reduction of particular components of cheap cigarettes – including nicotine – would be. Therefore, it is completely unwarranted to make a claim that the proposed legislation will protect the public’s health and/or save lives, as several of the major anti-smoking groups have asserted. It is just as likely that the proposed regulation by the FDA could lead to changes that increase the health risks of cigarettes and kill people, rather than save lives.[ Back to top ]
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