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Ten more myths about smoking that will not die

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageNo 1: today’s smokers are all hard core, addicted smokers who can’t or won’t give upZentinel/Shutterstock

Last week, I wrote about factoid-driven myths that just refuse to die. In less than a week, the piece has had more than 1.184 million readers.

There’s plainly a big appetite for smoking myth busting, so here are 10 more.

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