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And in Ireland, groups such as the Irish Cancer Society and ASH have long called for progressively increasing tax hikes on tobacco products

However, a recent study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology that used animal models to mimic long-term human exposure to e-cigarette vapor found that chronic exposure stiffened the aorta (the bodys main artery) 2.5 times more than the regular aging process did in a vape- or smoke-free environment an increase almost as high as that caused by cigarette smoke

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Over its two decades, the FCTC has strengthened the global policy infrastructure for contending with the industry and, with funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Gates Foundation, tobacco control capacity has been expanded in low- and middle-income countries