Exposure to second-hand smoke in both childhood and adulthood have been linked to an increased risk for COPD-related mortality [99]
The presence of nicotine is now considered by insurance companies as a reliable indicator that the test subject is a user of tobacco or nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, which insinuates an ex-smoker (and someone likely to continue smoking, as is common among over 90 percent of NRT users)
For the moment everything seems to be pushing towards making smoking unpopular, rather than making it illegal which runs the risk that it will go underground
The leaves and flowers (either chewed or in a tea) have been used for sore throats, congestion, pneumonia, colds, fevers, upset stomach, abdominal cramps, asthma, flu, coughs, rheumatism, bowel disorder, mouth ulcers and a nerve sedative