A typical one holds 11.9 to 14.5 mg, but a smoker only takes in about 1 to 1.5 mg of it, because most is destroyed by the burning or lost in the smoke
When contemplating a possible index of safety (cf an index of danger) for cigarettes, B&W commented that: Such an index would have merit for the health-conscious smoker, who otherwise may well become confused and increasingly dismayed if one alleged hazard follows another, coupled with the manufacturers' `prescription for health' through advertising
What we havent seen, however, is that e-cigarettes, as they are currently marketed in the United States, which is very lightly regulated, available everyplace, not specifically marketed for tobacco cessation, and there are a lot of reasons for that
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