No room for complacency in the fight against smoking John Waldron, a senior policy and public affairs officer at Action on Smoking and Health, is quoted saying that UCLs study demonstrated that there could be no complacency about continued declines in smoking rates, It is of particular concern that the increases have been seen in women of child-bearing age, as smoking in pregnancy doesnt just threaten the lives of women but also their unborn children. Ann McNeill, a professor of tobacco addiction at Kings College London, said: Researchers and clinicians have worked tirelessly over the last few decades to educate people on the harms of smoking tobacco, and to a large extent we have been successful
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An official with Altria Group Inc., one of the big tobacco companies, said a total ban on menthol cigarettes or flavored cigars would be an extreme measure not supported by the science and evidence. Murray Garnick, Altrias general counsel, said the company expects that establishing product standards on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars will be a multi-year, deliberative process. UPDATES: 11 a.m.: This article was updated with expert and industry comments