Beware of herbal cigarettes
Herbal cigarettes are marketed worldwide as a viable alternative to conventional cigarettes. These are produced with a mixture of snuff and herbal medicines, allegedly leaving aside the tar and other products harmful to health contained in conventional cigarettes.
However, a recent study conducted by Chinese researchers has shown that these cigarettes do not pose less risk than conventional cigarettes, in fact, the risk involved in them is equivalent to an ordinary cigarette, raising concern about its marketing.
In reaching this conclusion the researchers decided to compare 135 people consuming herbal cigarettes with 143 who consumed cigarettes. Analyzing the urine of participants, the researchers found that there were present the same amounts of nicotine and carcinogens, regardless of what type of cigarettes consumed by the patient.
Going a little beyond the research data (published in Cancer Epidemiology), the researchers decided to survey the study participants. After it discovered that 24% of them began to herbal cigarettes for his alleged minor health risk.
Cigarettes are harmful in all its forms. Find out before consuming any product, it is clear that the propaganda tricks.