In essence, Reynoldss scientists reported, a cigarette is a system for delivery of nicotine to the smoker in attractive, useful form. Heres Richard Hurt, a now-retired Mayo Clinic addiction expert who testified during tobacco company litigation, speaking to journalist Jim Carrier: We knew that nicotine was addicting, but we did not realize that [the Marlboro] cigarette was the most sophisticated drug delivery device thats ever been invented This thing looks so harmless, the little white thing that you put in your mouth and puff It was criminal what they had done to my patients, who, unbeknownst to them, had become addicted to a product that was specially designed to do nothing more than to get them addicted, and to kill them
Buying bigger than you can use before it dries out is a false economy that quietly wastes part of the bag
However, despite the large body of evidence on the merits of smoking cessation, its effect on muscle mass and function has not been adequately studied in COPD patients
"I smoke so I don't have to eat," she said