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Realistically, though, without carefully weighing the cost-benefit analysis of the public health question, youre just left with the basic fact that cigarette smoke is smelly and most people dont like it

Furthermore, vaping is often a gateway to the nicotine variety and to smoking (the World Health Organisation estimates that for young people it more than doubles the likelihood of smoking in the future) 29

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Smoking trends reveal troubling patterns The American Lung Association reports that adult smoking in the United States declined dramatically from about 42% in 1965 to 12% in 2022, representing more than a 70% decrease