High smoking prevalence from our results is consistent with previous studies conducted in other high TB and HIV burden countries, such as India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sub-Saharan Africa 8,20-23 , which have found higher smoking prevalence among patients with TB and PLHIV
The CDCs position remains clear: cigar smoke contains toxic compounds that cause cancer, heart disease, and respiratory problems
For example, the median lead concentration in the aerosols was more than 25 times greater than the median level in the refill dispensers
The question of reuse: Is that possible
I should add that it was a pleasure to see that the Washington Post s Laurie McGinley, with whom I covered the cigarette wars back in the mid-1990swhen we were both at the Wall Street Journal and giants roamed the earthwrote one of the better spot-news stories on the FDAs proposed regulation