The skull, a traditional symbol of mortality, is juxtaposed against the ephemeral flame of the cigarette, evoking the fleeting nature of human existence
We in the public health community have been telling them for decades to avoid inhaling secondhand smoke from tobacco, Springer says
[PubMed] [Google Scholar] Morilak DA, Barrera G, Echevarria DJ, Garcia AS, Hernandez A, Ma S, Petre CO
According to the American Lung Association, cigarettes, the most common form of tobacco, causes 90% of all lung cancer
The rest of the story is about how theyre made, how theyre used, what they mean in the culture, and why so many people sense such a gulf between them even as public-health agencies warn that neither is harmless