cigarette smoking causes one in every five deaths per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency also says the life expectancy of a smoker compared to that of a ...

The nicotine content in cigarettes varies significantly from brand to brand, but on average, a person absorbs 1–1.5 milligrams (mg) of nicotine from a cigarette stick. The above information ...

A 1995 study attempted to quantify the amount of exposure one would experience by smoking a Kent cigarette: One filter contained approximately 10 mg of crocidolite. Crocidolite structures were ...

A team of behavioral scientists at University College London has found that for long-term smokers, just one cigarette reduces lifespan by approximately 20 minutes. They have published an editorial ...

In 2000, data published in The BMJ estimated one cigarette would only cost a person 11 minutes of their life. Since this estimate, daily cigarette consumption in Britain has dropped significantly ...