Download the fact sheet Of note, the FDA just released a statement acknowledging that e-cigarettes are an epidemic
the Knowledge-Action-Change Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction site
Public Health Service released "Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service." Over the decades, the reports of the Surgeon General have alerted the nation to health risks of smoking and changed the issues from consumer choice to scientific study and research that investigates factors linked to smoking
After 1 year: Risk of having a heart attack decreases by 50%, Risk of apoplexy and vascular diseases in legs are reduced by 30-50%, Prevents the occurrence or halts the progression of lung diseases that might lead to respiratory failure such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.) After 5 years: Risk of developing cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder is reduced by half
This was then followed by the use of less tobacco in cigarettes of the same length, use of reconstituted and expanded tobaccos, increasing cigarette paper porosity, and the placement of ventilation holes in the filter to dilute the smoke (Figure 2) (19)
