In my old high school, if you wanted some idea of who the wicked girls were, youd find out which ones snuck cigarettes in the bathrooms
Benjamin Rush (early American physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Surgeon General under George Washington, and anti-tobacco activist) was "against the habitual use of tobacco" because he believed it "led to a desire for strong drink, was injurious both to health and morals, is generally offensive to" nonsmokers, "produces a want of respect for" nonsmokers, and "always disposes to unkind and unjust behavior towards them"
Reference Mi Y et al
This study addresses this gap by quantifying cadmium, lead, arsenic, chromium, and nickel levels in cigarettes and evaluating their cumulative toxicological impact, providing essential evidence to guide public health policies