e cigarette harmful Teens inhale cancer-causing chemicals in e-cigarettes The evidence keeps piling up:

And we would still be recommending that people quit smoking because smoking has a lot of negative [health effects]. WHO continues to say that available research suggests that smokers are at higher risk of developing severe disease and death. COVID-19 is an infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs

Fagerstrom KO, Tejding R, Westin A, and Lunell E

From a health perspective, however, this is no reason to continue smoking: In the long term, the positive effects of quitting smoking far outweigh the initial weight gain

Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 19902019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Truth Tobacco Industry Documents

Smokers who wanted to avoid the tax but did not have purchasing privileges often asked friends and relatives to purchase cigarettes for them