As smoke passes through the glass joint tip, the cooler temperature of the glass absorbs some of the heat from the hot smoke, gradually lowering the temperature of the smoke, allowing for bigger hits with each pull
Nobody should have to do this alone, she said
When you add all of this up, plus the predatory marketing, said Gardiner, no wonder African Americans die disproportionately to tobacco-related diseases. By the 1950s, the tobacco industry had so deftly infiltrated American life that not smoking was pretty weird
This week, the World Health Organization called on countries everywhere to step up the war on tobacco advertising and promotion by introducing plain, or standardized, packaging of tobacco products
On Tuesday, the African-American Tobacco Control Leadership Council petitioned President Barack Obama to more stringently regulate menthol cigarettes: Studies suggest they may actually be more harmful than regular cigarettes making this an issue of social justice, the council argued
