Raise awareness about tobaccos addictive nature and its detrimental effects on health
The risk of cancer, heart disease, and death are reduced significantly
Critics of the Brookline ordinance, including store owners whose sales of tobacco products make up a significant portion of their revenue, disagreed, arguing that the Brookline law conflicts with a 2018 state law that allows those 21 and older to buy tobacco products, and the city ordinance would establish two sets of adults: one who could buy cigarettes and one who could not
Nicotine Dependence: Various standardized scales like the Fagerstrm Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) are employed to assess the severity of addiction
Many experience a temporary increase in heart rate as their body recalibrates
Secondhand smoke is dangerous for your baby in other ways, too