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In September, an international study identified a a strong negative association between tobacco use and legal medical marijuana sales, indicating a strong potential substitution effect where people choose to use cannabis where it is allowed instead of smoking cigarettes

Individuals who smoke often put non-smokers at risk of second-hard smoke-related health conditions

In a recent opinion piece published in The BMJ, the author wrote that smoking is experiencing a pop-culture revival that is an unwelcome throw-back for public health. This normalization of smoking risks is re-igniting a harmful cultural association between cigarettes and coolness, to which young people are particularly vulnerable, the article says

Cigarettes were introduced in the early 1700s but didnt become popular until the American Civil War

In the case of tobacco, consumers freedom of choice is an ambivalent justification, either for denying tobacco producers liability in legal proceedings, or for defending civil rights in public relations activity, explains the researchers

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