More people die every year from smoking than from murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined. The US Justice Department originally filed the lawsuit against the Big Tobacco firms and tobacco trade organisations in 1999
There's plenty of existing research into the damaging effects of smoking cigarettes in pregnancy
If it gets worse, it can lead to a serious gum disease called periodontitis
There are 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which 250 are known to be harmful (including hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and ammonia) and 69 can cause cancer
Tobacco Taxes are Regressive but Health Benefits to Low-Income People are Substantial Another important consideration with raising the tobacco tax is that the tax is inherently regressive, meaning it falls more sharply on low- and moderate-income people