Moreover, many people who have asthma, hay fever, allergies, emphysema, sinusitis, and many other conditions can be severely irritated by even small amounts of drifting tobacco smoke. And those with a prior history of heart problems, who are overweight, have a high cholesterol level, or are simply elderly, may be at increased risk of a sudden and deadly heart attack brought on by drifting tobacco smoke. Drifting tobacco smoke already kills more people that motor vehicle accidents, all crimes, AID, illegal drugs, etc. In other words, you are statistically more likely to be killed by your neighbor's tobacco smoke than by his car, his gun, or his AIDS virus. A drink in one hand, a cigarette in the other.
Experts say the cigarette.
Even alcoholic smokers are more likely to die from problems caused by smoking than by drinking, they say. One of the tobacco companies has tried to find the replacement for a potent cigarette. Eclipse cigarettes, which burn almost no tobacco and don't get shorter as they are smoked, have been available until now only in small test markets in Chattanooga, Lincoln, Neb., and parts of Atlanta. But yesterday RJR released newspaper, magazine and direct marketing advertisements that will focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth area but will be visible nationwide. Indeed, data provided by the company indicate that Eclipse generates somewhat higher than average levels of carbon monoxide, which is linked to heart disease.