history tobacco timeline The world has fewer tobacco users today than it did 25 years ago Levels of the nicotine analog

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In contrast, current cigarette smokers, regardless of their cigar use and age, had significantly elevated mortality for heart disease (HRs from 1.59 to 3.23), malignant neoplasms (HRs from 2.65 to 4.11), smoking-related diseases (HRs from 2.39 to 2.71), and other causes (HRs from 1.62 to 2.03), compared with never smokers

For example, younger current exclusive cigar smokers had about 18% lower mortality (HR = 0.82) for malignant neoplasms, but they had 12% increased mortality for smoking-related diseases (HR = 1.12)

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