Our study highlights the hidden risk of these new and popular disposable electronic cigarettes with hazardous levels of neurotoxic lead and carcinogenic nickel and antimony which stresses the need for urgency in enforcement, said senior author Brett Poulin, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Environmental Toxicology
Tobacco product waste also contains over 7,000 toxic chemicals, including known human carcinogens, which leach into and accumulate in the environment, the WHO stated
People who smoke menthol are more likely to be Black, contributing to the extra risk of early death in Black men especially
Previous research suggests that plain packaging can increase attention to health warnings [21, 30]
Originating in India and gaining widespread popularity throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Ottoman Empire, hookahs involve indirect heat applied to the tobacco, which then produces smoke that passes through a water basin before being inhaled through a hose