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If it suspects illegal activity, it will report it to law enforcement agencies

Initially (pre-21st century), cigarettes were used for their "medicinal properties." However, mounting research and evidence show that these properties were often a byproduct of their addictive properties and placebo effects

Quitting is hard for many people who smoke

16 Individual, group, and telephone counseling options are available

For example, as Judge Kessler found, over the decades, the tobacco companies crafted and implemented "a broad strategy to undermine and distort the evidence" of secondhand smoke as a health hazard in order "to deceive the public, distort the scientific record, avoid adverse findings by government agencies, and forestall indoor air restrictions." An NCI tobacco control monograph used during the trial, however, showed that exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke is associated with serious health problems, including respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, cancer, and developmental effects in babies