A lesion very similar to the respiratory bronchiolitis observed in this study of human lungs can be produced in some hamsters by chronic exposure to nitrogen dioxide. . . . These changes are very similar to those reported by Seely and her associates in teenage smokers. . . . There are small but stistically significant increases in denuded epithelium and mural inflammatory cells in the membranous bronchioles of the smokers. The mean age . . . was 25.7 1.2 years for the smoking group . . . Niewoehner, et al, supra , p 755.
Cigarettes contain toxic chemicals .
Pursuant to standard lawbook definitions , both smokers and nonsmokers' involuntary foreseeable deaths constitute murder . Cigarette smoking kills some, makes others lung cripples, gives still others far more than their share of illness and loss of work days. Pneumonia frequently weeds out those who possess some organic disease, and its field of operation is chiefly confined to men whose hearts are weakened by the excessive use of tobacco. Michigan Governor John Engler and staff have been supportive of action to enforce Michigan's 1909 cigarette ban law, issuing five pertinent memoranda. This site is sponsored as a public service by The Crime Prevention Group .