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We can be quite confident were not going to get the same sorts of [disease risk] that we see for smoking, said Brown
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Such a smoking pattern has historically been more common among racial and ethnic minorities who nevertheless have high rates of smoking-related morbidity and mortality. The researchers said their study mostly included whites, so it may not reflect the bigger risks among African-Americans
And the danger further increases in cases where the offspring goes on to become a smoker himself, say University of Melbourne scientists
Due to a massive trade imbalance, however, foreign merchants started to smuggle opium into China via Canton, to the chagrin of the Chinese authorities