I've been mulling recently how to interpret the news that two publishers have devised marketing schemes that seem to urge us to replace a bad habit (smoking) with a good one (reading)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new knowledge summary focused on the critical relationship between tobacco use and asthma
Chan JC, Malik V, Jia W, Kadowaki T, Yajnik CS, Yoon KH, Hu FB
The next heart attack, the next stroke, the next cardiovascular death may not come from a cigarette, but from a flavored pod, a nicotine pouch or a waterpipe in a caf. Senior researcher Thomas Lscher, a consultant cardiologist with the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals in London, called the new report a wake-up call for regulators. The shift from cigarettes to e-cigarettes and flavored pouches is no effective harm reduction
Over time, a person who does not stop in time develops nicotine dependence