Promoting a so-called harm reduction approach to smoking is another way the tobacco industry is trying to mislead people about the inherently dangerous nature of these products. Tove Marina Sohlberg, a researcher at Stockholm Universitys Department of Public Health Sciences, said Swedens anti-smoking policies have had the effect of stigmatizing smoking and smokers, pushing them away from public spaces into backyards and designated smoking areas
In addition to living longer than they would if they continued smoking tobacco cigarettes, those who switched to e-cigarettes might see other health benefits, "including reduced disease disability to smokers, reduced pain and suffering, and reduced exposure to secondhand smoke," Levy said
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Smoking causes more than 6 in 10 lung cancer cases in the UK
Smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death among New Yorkers, Farley said