what your cigarette says about you melt | “Cigarette Psychology: holding you” by Dr. William Neutra. Extracted from a 1959 issue of Caper Magazine, What The Way You Hold

Contact with NNA led to DNA damage, including double-strand breaks, the most deleterious genotoxic outcome. To better understand dermal exposures, Consortium researchers at UC Riverside and UC San Francisco evaluated how NNK and nicotine penetrate through the skin of mice

The World Health Organization calls it the tobacco epidemic that kills 8 million people every year

Women, youth, and members of the LGBTQ+ community are also more likely to smoke menthols

Many people believe vaping is safer. While it may contain fewer combustion toxins than traditional cigarettes, it still: Dries out your mouth Increases inflammation Exposes tissues to chemicals May increase gum disease risk Were still learning about the long-term effects, but early research is concerning

A single large cigar typically contains between 100 to 200 milligrams of nicotine or moresignificantly higher than the roughly 8-12 mg found in cigarettes