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Major tobacco companies have for years been investing billions of dollars in treating conditions caused or exacerbated by smoking, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, heart disease and addiction

Even those marketed as smooth or light still bring nicotine into your smoke

The effects of smoking and alcohol consumption as a combination leads to more serious adverse events in these patients

Last October, Washington refinanced the tobacco bonds it sold in 2002, selling $334.7 million of new, lower-cost debt

Three years later, the federal government passed legislation to raise the minimum smoking age to 21 nationwide