fewer cigarettes smoked per day), later time to the first cigarette, and higher e-cigarette use intensity (number of days using e-cigarettes in the past 7 days)
A majority of these individuals did not have any prior lung complications, except for 30 percent of the patients who had asthma
The magnitude of these changes was similar to changes found in individuals who smoked cigarettes, galvanizing the idea that passive exposure to polluted air is not simply a nuisance or temporary inconvenience, but represents a truly significant personal health hazard, even today in some of most developed and sophisticated regions of the world
Instead, the panel awarded $3.3 billion to be paid by the cigarette makers over 25 years
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