Although these factors might contribute to exclusive cigar smokers lower mortality compared to cigarette smokers, they do not seem to benefit former cigarette smokers who are current cigar smokers, who had elevated mortality for most diseases
[18] One 2025 study found no serious respiratory effects, [57] whereas another found that vaping is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but less so than smoking
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The proposal in its current form threatens to burden alternative tobacco products to a relatively high degree, which is likely to discourage smokers from switching to those less harmful products
