Research shows that if menthol cigarettes were banned nationally, almost 39% of all menthol smokers and 44.5% of Black American menthol smokers would try to quit
there were 75,000 GP appointments a month, more than half a million hospital admissions in total, and 64,000 deaths attributed to smoking in 2019 (for comparison there were 7,500 alcohol specific deaths, or 21,000 alcohol related deaths, in England in 2021 , and 3060 deaths related to the use of illegal drugs in 2021 in England & Wales ) When used as recommended by the manufacturer , 2 out of 3 smokers will die from smoking unless they quit In 2019, a quarter of deaths from all cancers were connected to smoking Around one third of adult tobacco consumption is by people with a current mental health condition, with smoking rates more than double that of the general population
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HIV disproportionately impacts the LGBTQ+ community, as well as Black Americans and Hispanic/Latino Americans