Writing in the BMJs Tobacco Control in an article published today (Thursday 27 August), the team from the University of Bath focus on the introduction and marketing of cigarillo products which mimic cigarette brands, are as dangerous to health, yet are not subject to the same public health measures or taxation
The market has been completely taken over by illicit cigarette suppliers at the expense of law-abiding and tax-compliant manufacturers. The company rejected the view by the UCT research team that instead of imposing a sales ban to prevent people from smoking cigarettes, the government would have been able to achieve a similar outcome by substantially increasing the excise tax [as] most smokers that have quit smoking during lockdown did so because the price of cigarettes became unaffordable
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Nicotine without Smoke: Tobacco Harm Reduction (London: RCP, 2016)
Journalist Olivia Petter says, external the cigarette has become a symbol that represents our nostalgia towards a bygone era of carefreeness, frivolity and hedonism and it's making an comeback in pop culture
For those who are unable to quit tobacco despite many attempts, there are various nicotine-containing and nicotine-free alternatives available today that are less harmful to the lungs than smoking cigarettes
