Exposing industry claims also allowed re-framing of debates where the tobacco lobby had managed to divert the argument from health concerns to other issues [77]
That's not even considering the entourage effect
The mean follow-up time was 9.3 years (standard deviation (SD) 5.5 years, range 1 to 8) for the entire cohort, 7 years (SD 4.6 years, range 3 to 18) for participants who quit, 9 years for participants who died (SD 4.8 years, range 1.5 to 19), and 16.8 years (SD 2.4 years, range 2.4 to 18) for those who did not quit and were censored in 2016
"I think its important to equip people with the education and information and so like, Im not going around saying 'smoking is bad, stop smoking.'" Instead, Mondy said he hopes the research he provides will lead people to make an informed decision on whether they want to quit smoking or "keep buying from these companies that benefit from black death." Learn more about the tobacco industry's targeted campaign on the black community with "Black Lives/Black Lungs" and watch the video above.
In fact, when the research on this subject was examined, it was observed that 425 of a group of 500 smokers who participated in the research experienced hair loss
