Volume sales dropped by 3%+ in just six months
Back in November 2022, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published the scientific report The changing retail landscape for tobacco: dollar stores and the availability of cheap cigarettes among tobacco-related priority populations. The report, which was authored by several doctors from Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif., and a member of the California Department of Public Health, states in part: Dollar stores may exacerbate smoking-related inequities by contributing to the availability of cheaper cigarettes in neighborhoods that are lower income, rural, and have greater proportions of youth
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - CIRCA OCTOBER, 2018: Camel cigarettes on display at a shop in Zurich International Airport
Such air quality poses health risks, especially among those with existing pulmonary and cardiovascular disease, and presents potential health hazard for workers who can be exposed to secondhand hookah/smoke on a daily basis and for prolonged periods of time [94]
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