First, the proposed guideline predominately expanded screening eligibility to younger individuals age 50-59 years who smoked for long durations but less intensely
Its also worth noting that no matter how old you are, [quitting is] still going to benefit your health
However, Congress did create a 12-member Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) to advise the FDA, and directed the TPSAC to address the issue of mentholated tobacco products as its first order of business
Please don't throw cigarette butts down the drain #BinTheButt Photo: @theglobecleaners (Instagram) Cigarette butts contain micro-plastics and chemicals that pollute waterways and poison marine life
It will be assumed our main concern is to reduce tobacco-related diseases and that moral objections to the recreational and even addictive use of the drug can be discounted providing it is not physically, psychologically or socially harmful to the users or to others. - Professor Michael Russell consultant psychiatrist, Institute of Psychiatry, London