It's time to: 1 Implement, strengthen, and enforce the provisions of the WHO FCTC 2 Embrace forward-looking tobacco control measures 3 Urge @WHO Member States that havent yet ratified the FCTC to take action 4 Encourage Parties to ratify and implement the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products 5 Invest in tobacco control because it saves lives and delivers strong returns for governments Explore the impact of two decades of progress and the path ahead: fctc.who.int/resources/publ #FCTC20Years #FCTCSavesLives Advancing global tobacco control together
Clinical studies evaluated the neurotoxic effects of tobacco smoking on the brain, and also evaluated the cognitive and behavioral assessments, as well as neuroimaging measures in the human brain, and have established that tobacco smoking decreases brain volume, increases neuro-inflammation and oxidative stress but enhances cognition and neural efficiency (4)
The aroma is pretty amazing as well, as those around you may wonder whos firing up the barbecue
In short, absent epidemiological evidence, and knowledge of the range of potential toxicant exposures from products across any particular category, placing newer, novel products on a risk continuum presents substantiation challenges
