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With more and more states legalizing marijuana for recreational use, that number is likely to continue going up

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Tobacco tax revenues increased in all of the same 18 states, usually by about 30%-50%, although some states saw tax revenues jump more than 100% after imposing new taxes

Cigarette smoke contains thousands of chemicals, including toxic gases and cancer-causing substances, that injure lung tissue and trigger oxidative stress, a form of cellular damage that drives inflammation

The measure came eight months after palm civets, hog badgers and racoon dogs at a Guangzhou market had been found carrying a virus almost identical to SARS