Health Policy

Tobacco’s time warp: How centuries of smoke obscured our future

In the halls of the Smithsonian, we often contemplate how the past shapes our present. But a groundbreaking new study on tobacco use forces us to consider how our present actions will dramatically alter our future. Research published in The…

In the halls of the Smithsonian, we often contemplate how the past shapes our present. But a groundbreaking new study on tobacco use forces us to consider how our present actions will dramatically alter our future.

Research published in The Lancet Public Health reveals a staggering statistic: current smoking trends will rob humanity of over 2 billion years of life by 2050. To put this in perspective, that’s more time than …

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Tobacco’s time warp: How centuries of smoke obscured our future