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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use is still the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, causing more than 440,000 deaths in this country each year

Carcinogens in cigarette smoke also drive the formation of reactive DNA aldehydes like formaldehyde that can interfere with DNA repair pathways

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While the dream of a zero-smell cigarette sounds appealing, its more accurate to look for low-odor or less lingering products instead

Assuming that other states do not change their cigarette excise taxes,[] and using Michigan's 2006 cigarette sales figures, we would estimate that another 5-cent increase in the cigarette excise tax would result in a drop in legal cigarette sales of 683,500 packs from an increase in casual smuggling alone