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We will continue to look into further ways we can reduce the burden tobacco has on our health and our streets, both through the tobacco control plan, due to be published later this year, and the Environment Bill

These poor taxes funnel massive amounts of money into state and federal coffers, while further impoverishing people who smoke

Theyve morphed into a kind of separate, unique product category that is now being targeted, marketwise, to young adults, said Ryan Vandrey, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, discussing e-cigarette products

It is highly addictive and can cause changes in brain chemistry

The Smoke Clear Filter is more than 3 times more effective at removing chemicals from cigarettes and e-cigarettes from the air* than the original HEPA Filter

City officials hope the steep cost will encourage New Yorkers to quit smoking and deter people from picking up the habit