Is there a safe way to smoke cigarettes?
No. All cigarettes can damage the human body. Any smoking is dangerous. Cigarettes are the only legal product whose advertised and intended use — smoking — is harmful to the body and causes cancer. Although some people try to make their smoking habit safer by smoking fewer cigarettes, most smokers find that hard to do. Research has found that even smoking as few as 1 to 4 cigarettes a day can lead to serious health outcomes, including an increased risk of heart disease and a higher risk of dying at a younger age. Some people think that switching from high-tar and high-nicotine cigarettes to those with low tar and nicotine makes smoking safer, but this is not true. When people switch to brands with lower tar and nicotine, they often end up smoking more cigarettes, or more of each cigarette, to get the same nicotine dose as before. Smokers have been led to believe that “light” cigarettes have a lower health risk and are a good option to quitting. This is not true. A low-tar cigarette c
