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Overall, side effects in both groups were mild, the researchers found

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While the tobacco industry was vehemently denying that there was any causal connection between smoking and disease, individual cigarette companies reacted to the unwelcome suggestion by introducing and advertising new brands of filter cigarettes, which, the television advertising for them implied without actually talking about health, were somehow a lot more beneficial, or somehow less harmful, to smokers than unfiltered cigarettes

Flavored vapes are often considered more dangerous because the flavor chemicals, while safe to eat, become toxic when heated and inhaled, potentially causing lung damage