But there's strong evidence linking long-term cannabis smoking to worse coughs and more frequent bouts of chronic bronchitis, according to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Nicotine, the addictive substance in cigarettes, causes blood vessels to narrow, making it harder for blood to flow through them
These include significant tobacco tax increases, comprehensive smoke-free laws, well-funded tobacco prevention and cessation programs, hard-hitting mass media campaigns, barrier-free health insurance coverage for tobacco cessation treatments, and laws raising the tobacco sale age to 21
Tobacco dependence (addiction) is regarded as a disease under the World Health Organizations International classification of disease (ICD-10) vi