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No increase in the risk of chronic diseases was observed, regardless of weight gain or BMI change after smoking cessation

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Social and Environmental Impact : Smoking not only affects the individual but also those around them

Journalist Olivia Petter says the cigarette has become a symbol that represents our nostalgia towards a bygone era of carefreeness, frivolity and hedonism and it's making an comeback in pop culture

Public health prevention efforts need to keep up with new products such as the Juul e-cig that may hook teen users who werent tempted by earlier devices, she says.

Professor Iain Hutchison, consultant oral surgeon used to saving faces damaged by smoking, gave up smoking when he was 13 and teaches school children about the dangers