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The American Journal of Public Health is the flagship publication of the American Public Health Association, which has more than 25,000 members worldwide

Neil Benowitz, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco shared that, from a scientific standpoint, nicotine is just as hard, or harder, to quit than heroin.Many of the dangers noted above are unrelated to nicotine

New Zealand actually looked at bringing in a similar law a few years ago, but it didn't pass

This direct exposure damages cells and increases the likelihood of mutations that can lead to cancer.The Nature Communications study highlighted that even moderate use of chewing tobacco over time can result in precancerous lesions and a faster progression to malignant tumors compared to cigarette smoking

Estimated reading time: 1 Minute Table of contents Below is the WHO media release of 25 May 2023