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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Dr. Vivek Murthy said social media was contributing to a mental-health "emergency."</li><li>He's calling for a surgeon general's warning label, which would require congressional action.</li></ul>The US surgeon general says social media should come with a warning label — similar to the ones that appear on cigarette packs.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html">In an op-ed for The New York Times</a>, Dr. Vivek Murthy said social media was contributing to an "emergency" mental-health crisis for young people, with increasing anxiety and depression symptoms and adolescents feeling worse about their bodies.The surgeon general's warning label would say that social media is "associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents," Murthy wrote, noting that such a label would require congressional action.Studies have found that tobacco warning labels can be effective, he wrote in the Times.Murthy — the nation's top doctor who <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vivek-murthy-biden-cabinet-confirmation-guns-2020-11">previously served in the Obama administration</a> and has crusaded against an American <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/there-is-no-loneliness-epidemic-mental-health-2024-4">loneliness epidemic</a> — issued a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf">separate advisory last year</a> in which he urged policy changes.The American Psychological Association has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/youth-social-media-2024">issued its own advisories</a> about social-media use among teens, saying it's not "inherently beneficial or harmful to young people" — with their "pre-existing strengths or vulnerabilities" also playing a role in mental-health outcomes.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/09/protecting-teens-on-social-media">While there can be benefits</a>, younger brains tend to be more invested in "personalized feedback, praise, or attention from peers," the organization says, and have underdeveloped impulse control."Policies will not protect youth unless technology companies are required to reduce the risks embedded within the platforms themselves," the APA says.The legislation Murthy outlined would protect young people from online harassment and abuse, prevent data collection from kids, and restrict features like push notifications, autoplay, and infinite scrolling.These changes "remain the priority" over labeling, Murthy wrote.Murthy added in his op-ed that social-media platforms "must be required to share all of their data on health effects with independent scientists and the public" for safety audits and urged parents not to let their children access social media until after middle school."The moral test of any society," he said, "is how well it protects its children."

Surgeon general: Social media should come with a warning label like cigarettes

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US surgeon general is pushing for a warning label on social media about teen mental-health risks.</li><li>A comparison to cigarette warnings is tempting, but social media might be more like explicit lyrics.</li></ul>US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is recommending a warning label on social-media sites cautioning that "social media is associated with significant mental-health harms for adolescents."This label would warn teens and their parents of the risk of harm from using social media. In an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html">op-ed for The New York Times</a>, Murthy writes, "The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor."Murthy references the warning label on tobacco products, which is viewed as a public-health success story, helping reduce tobacco use significantly since the 1970s.But is social media really comparable to cigarettes? And could a warning label actually make an impact? Sure, apps like TikTok and Instagram can be addictive and harmful. However, there are a few really basic differences that I think are worth considering.First of all, unlike social-media apps, cigarettes are aimed at adults (yes, they have also been stealthily marketed to teens), and they are legally sold only to adults (yes, obviously, teens are getting their hands on them anyway). The warning label is for everyone: Cigarettes pose a health risk to anyone who smokes.Secondly, there's little hope that tobacco companies will be inspired to make cigarettes healthy — there is no healthy version of an American Spirit. But there is hope that social media could be less harmful. There could be all sorts of changes, small and large, that make social platforms safer for kids. Big Tech platforms could make these changes if spurred by regulation, negative media coverage, advertiser boycotts, or simply their belief that it's the right thing to do.Speaking of regulation, the decline in cigarette use over the past 50 years has been aided by smoking bans in offices, planes, restaurants, bars, and other public places. These bans resulted from a series of state, local, and federal regulations.So far, the government's approach to social-media regulation has been somewhat chaotic. A few bills exist, like the Kids Online Safety Act, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1291">Protecting Kids on Social Media Act</a>, and an overhaul of the existing COPPA laws on data privacy and advertising to kids online.There's also a bunch of state attorneys general who have filed lawsuits over social-media harms to kids, and individual states have crafted their own laws, like a <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/social-media-tech-kids-new-york-82779a3040385dfc26c6ee15f490234e">new bill in New York</a> that would ban "addictive" algorithmic feeds for teens. Meta has said it would welcome regulation (meaning regulation that it likes) and has also suggested that it would like the responsibility of age gating and parental consent to download social apps to be shifted over to Apple's and Google's app stores.Perhaps instead of thinking of social media like cigarettes when it comes to warning labels, there's another analogy that might help us make more sense of this moment: the parental-advisory stickers on music albums with explicit lyrics.Social media is maybe closer to music than cigarettes, at least in terms of the First Amendment (there's a far more obvious speech implication than the right to rip heaters in the airport).In the mid-1980s, a group called the Parents Music Resource Center, which included a handful of influential wives of senators like Tipper Gore, was incensed over songs like Prince's "Darling Nikki" and Judas Priest's "Eat Me Alive" and urged record labels to attach warnings to albums containing explicit lyrics. The pressure campaign culminated in a media spectacle when John Denver, Frank Zappa, and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister spoke before Congress to defend their art.Ultimately, no law was passed — the parental-advisory labels you still see on albums today resulted from self-regulation by the record industry to avoid actual regulation: a compromise between the Recording Industry Association of America and the PMRC. (This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/853600?mag=parental-advisory-the-story-of-a-warning-label&amp;seq=1">1999 article from the journal Popular Music</a> is a fun read if you're interested in diving deeper into the history of the warning labels.)A surgeon general's warning label that pops up when you open Instagram is probably going to be annoying, but it can't really hurt. So, hey, why not? I'm not going to sit here and say a government effort to help teen mental health is bad. Go for it.But I am skeptical of how effective it will actually be, and how much political capital might be wasted on this instead of the hard, unfun work of coming up with regulations on social platforms that are actually effective.

Social media isn't like cigarettes, and a warning label won't help much

<ul><li>ITC stock is now trading at an attractive valuation after BAT’s stake sale, say analysts.</li><li>After the stake sale, there won’t be major uncertainties hovering around the stock.</li><li>The stock has been underperforming the index and should pick up, expect brokerages. </li></ul> <keyword id="20372001" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cigarettes" source="keywords">Cigarettes</keyword> to <keyword id="19931572" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="fmcg" source="keywords">FMCG</keyword> major ITC’s stock corrected slightly ahead of British American Tobacco’s (BAT) stake sale. Now that the British tobacco giant’s 3.5% stake in the company has been offloaded via a block deal last week, there are few uncertainties around it. More so, after the correction, the stock is now looking attractive, say analysts. “The stock has corrected by around 12% from its recent high and is trading at an attractive valuation. Given that the uncertainties related to the stake sale are over, we believe it is the right time to enter into a quality large-cap company in the FMCG space with attractive valuations and a good dividend distribution policy,” said a recent report by <keyword id="19952951" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sharekhan" source="keywords">Sharekhan</keyword>. A roller-coaster journey The ITC stock had been one of the top performers of 2023, as the stock hit a fresh high of ₹489 per share last July – facilitating its entry into the coveted ₹6 trillion club. However, in the last three months, ITC has shed 7% of its value as the uncertainties around the stake sale cast a shadow over the stock. Now, the uncertainty is gone, and the prospects seem better. After the stake sale, BAT’s stake in the company stands at 25.5%. Any further stake sale can only happen after 180 days of the locking period. “It is unlikely to reduce its stake below 25%. Post the stake sale by BAT, there will not be any major uncertainties hovering around the stock,” adds Sharekhan. <keyword id="19977638" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="morgan-stanley" source="keywords">Morgan Stanley</keyword> too believes that ITC, which has underperformed the index, will rise relative to the country index in the next one month. “In our view, BAT stake sell down of 3.5% in ITC clears the supply overhang on the stock, as seen recently. ITC stock has underperformed the market by 8%. We expect resumption in the stock's outperformance given our fundamental view of a moderate and infrequent cigarette tax environment and continued scale-up of non-cigarette businesses, important catalysts for the stock's re-rating,” opines Morgan Stanley. FMCG and other fundamentals Apart from the expectations of a stable tax environment for cigarettes, analysts believe that there are other triggers ahead for the stock. The company has been driving growth across its many business verticals — be it FMCG, hotels, paper and agriculture business. The contribution of the non-cigarette business has increased to 27% from around 17% in FY13. It has also been growing its FMCG business with M&amp;As, product diversification, a resilient supply chain as well as a smart omnichannel network. “Strong traction to product launches and increased e-commerce salience to around 10% will help the non-cigarette FMCG business’s revenue to consistently grow in mid-teens to high teens in the coming years,” says Sharekhan. Its hotels business however has been tracking well, with solid double-digit growth in the last few quarters. Most analysts expect the domestic demand for travel to continue and business travel to pick up an even faster pace going ahead. Added to that, they also see foreign travel picking up, and ITC with its high-end properties could gain. “Hotels and agribusiness should continue strong momentum while paper business seems to be bottoming out. Strong cash generation and a solid dividend yield should continue to provide downside support. The hotel business demerger is positive and we expect an accelerated re-rating if it is followed with similar actions in FMCG/IT businesses as well,” says a report by <keyword id="20489750" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="systematix" source="keywords">Systematix</keyword> in January.

Less stress on ITC stock after BAT’s stake sale, say analysts

The government has made it mandatory for <keyword id="5293670" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ott-platforms" source="Orion">OTT platforms</keyword> to display an anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen during the period of a tobacco product being displayed or used in a programme, the Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday. The government notified the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Rules, 2023 on May 31, Minister of State for Health SP Singh Baghel said in a written reply. According to the amended rules, every publisher of online curated contents displaying tobacco products or their use has to display anti-tobacco health spots, for a minimum 30 seconds each at the beginning and middle of the programme. They have to display anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen during the period of display of the tobacco products or their use in the programme, and also display an audio-visual disclaimer on the ill-effects of tobacco for a minimum 20 seconds each in the beginning and middle of the programme, Baghel said in his written reply. Moreover, all compliance is ensured as per Rule (6) of the Amendment Rules, 2023 through an inter-ministerial committee consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Now, OTT platforms must display anti-tobacco warnings onscreen

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A study found higher rates of emphysema among marijuana smokers compared to tobacco smokers of the same age. </li><li>The study author told Insider her research raises concerns that marijuana smoking is not safer than cigarettes. </li></ul>A small study found higher rates of <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/emphysema/symptoms-causes/syc-20355555">emphysema</a>, a lung condition that causes shortness of breath, among <a href="https://www.insider.com/can-you-die-from-marijuana-thc-overdose-2022-11">marijuana smokers</a> compared to tobacco smokers of the same age. The study also suggests marijuana and tobacco use together could be more harmful than tobacco use by itself. <a href="https://med.uottawa.ca/radiology/people/revah-giselle">Dr. Giselle Revah</a>, a cardiothoracic radiologist at The Ottawa Hospital and the study's lead author, looked at chest CT scans at Ottawa Hospital from 2005 to 2020 and identified 56 patients who reported using marijuana.The majority of <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/marijuana-effects">marijuana</a> users — 50 out of the 56 patients — said they also smoked cigarettes. She compared them to 33 tobacco-only smokers and 57 non-smokers. The tobacco-only smokers' ages skewed higher because Revah collected these patient chest CTs through her hospital's <a href="https://www.insider.com/woman-shoulder-pain-lung-cancer-spread-symptoms-2022-9">lung cancer</a> screening event, which was open to patients over 50 who self-reported as heavy smokers. Marijuana smokers in her sample tended to get a chest CT for reasons unrelated to emphysema. When the radiologist matched tobacco-only smokers to marijuana smokers of the same age, marijuana smokers had higher rates of emphysema: 93% (28 out of 30) compared to 67% of similarly-aged tobacco smokers. The radiologist found marijuana users overall — including younger people who hadn't been exposed to as much smoke — had significantly higher rates in particular of paraseptal emphysema, a rare form of the condition that damages tiny ducts which connect the lung's air sacs.The way marijuana smokers use the drug might damage air sacs. Marijuana users tend to take deep breaths and hold smoke in for longer, causing pressure changes that can irritate the lung's air sacs, Revah told Insider."The main message of the whole study is there's this public perception that marijuana is safe; people believe that it's safer than cigarettes," Revah said. "And this study raises concerns that maybe marijuana's not as safe as everyone thinks it is, and suggests that ultimately we need more robust research before we can make sweeping conclusions."The paper sheds light on the under-researched health effects of marijuana. Literature on the chest CTs of marijuana smokers is sparse, Revah said, since Canada only legalized the drug in 2018. The US has not legalized cannabis nationally, and getting<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/cannabis-research-database-shows-how-us-funding-focuses-harms-drug"> funding for marijuana research</a> involves cumbersome legal steps. Lung doctors told Insider more research is needed on the health effects of <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/what-does-marijuana-do-to-your-heart">marijuana use</a>. <a href="https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/find-a-doctor/philip-diaz-md-2020">Dr. Philip Diaz</a>, a pulmonary disease physician at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center who was not involved in the study, said because most marijuana smokers in the study were cigarette smokers, it's possible smoking both marijuana and cigarettes increases risk for lung damage. But Diaz stressed the results of the small study should not be overstated."You don't want to dilute the fact that it's really the cigarette smoking that's the problem," Diaz told Insider. "I think all you could say is there could be some increased risk if you do both."Revah said she is working on a prospective study that asks patients how much marijuana they use, and hopes a larger study will confirm her findings. <a href="https://www.lung.org/media/meet-our-experts/al-rizzo">Dr. Albert Rizzo</a>, the chief medical officer at the American Lung Association, told Insider scientists and doctors need longer, in-depth studies on the long term health effects of marijuana, especially as the drug quickly <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/legal-marijuana-states-2018-1">becomes legalized in states across the US</a>. "I think this study's a good one in trying to show or support the fact that airway use of marijuana leads to problems, emphysema being among them," Rizzo told Insider. "Smoking marijuana is not safe, and we don't know really what the long term effect of smoking marijuana is."

Smoking marijuana and cigarettes may increase risk of lung problems compared to only smoking cigarettes, study suggests

ITC stock scales 52-week high as brokerages hike target price

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Kate Moss is in her self-care era, according to a new interview with <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/at-home-with-kate-moss-crystals-moonbathing-and-a-vegetable-patch-v267x7bfq">The Times</a>.</li><li>These days, the 49-year-old model is into crystals, moonbathing, as well as reciting affirmations.</li></ul>Kate Moss is in her self-care era, according to an interview with <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/at-home-with-kate-moss-crystals-moonbathing-and-a-vegetable-patch-v267x7bfq">The Times</a> on Saturday. These days, instead of partying it up, the 49-year-old model focuses on wellness and healing. Moss practices <a href="https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10960/moonbathing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moonbathing</a> — an Ayurvedic ritual of placing oneself under the moonlight to absorb its energy, she told The Times.She also keeps <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-are-healing-crystals-how-to-use-them-2018-7">healing crystals</a> and says her favorites are rose quartz and melonite, per The Times. Rose quartz is said to represent <a href="https://tinyrituals.co/blogs/tiny-rituals/rose-quartz-meaning-healing-properties-and-everyday-uses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">love and compassion</a>, while melonite is believed to have <a href="https://mylostgems.com/product-category/crystals/m-p/melonite/#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20its%20metaphysical,negative%20energies%20and%20psychic%20attacks." target="_blank" rel="noopener">grounding and protective properties</a>.Moss told The Times that she even "charges" her crystals when the full moon is out."I put all my crystals on a tray and put them outside in the garden," the model said. "Just cleansing the crystal, charging the crystals."And that's not all: Moss is also big on <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/transcendental-meditation">transcendental meditation</a> — a form of meditation that involves repeating a personalized mantra for 10 to 15 minutes a day, per The Times. In the mornings, she even recites affirmations to herself such as "embrace the unknown" and "trust the universe and it will lead the way."Moss isn't the only celebrity who's into crystals or meditation.Crystals have been popular among celebrities for years: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BbmqFd0FayO/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=14ed8302-33a9-4e9e-8ba0-8f7ee38dce68">Kim Kardashian</a> posted photos of her crystals way back in 2017, while <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/the-olsen-twins-gave-out-crystals-at-fashion-week.html">the Olsen twins</a> gave them out in goody bags at their fashion show in 2018.Even Lizzo told <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/postcards-from-home-june-july-portfolio">Vogue</a> that she meditated with crystals to help her get through the early days of the pandemic in 2020.And transcendental meditation isn't just for Hollywood stars, it's also popular among Wall Street bankers — <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-trend-transcendental-meditation-2016-10">Ray Dalio</a>, founder of Bridgewater Associates, is a notable fan.Despite Moss' attempts to lead a healthier life, she admits that there's just one bad habit that she can't seem to kick."I still smoke occasionally," she told The Times.In the mid-1990s, Moss was the fashion It Girl thanks to her waifish look, different from the typical look of the glamorous <a href="https://www.insider.com/then-and-now-80s-and-90s-supermodels-2019-1">supermodels</a> of that era.Throughout her <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/images-of-kate-moss-that-define-her-career-2012-11">modeling career</a>, she was a tabloid fixture thanks to her high-profile relationships, hard-partying lifestyle, and a cocaine scandal.

As she nears 50, Kate Moss says she 'charges' her crystals under a full moon — and occasionally indulges in a cigarette

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Wildfires across Canada are giving off smoke that is spilling into the US.</li><li>Hazy skies cloaked the East Coast and Midwest on Tuesday, and the EPA issued air quality alerts.</li></ul>Wildfires are sweeping across Canada, and the smoke is spilling down into the United States, cloaking the East Coast with haze and an acrid smell.US authorities issued air quality alerts from Cleveland to New York City, urging people to stay inside. While eerily beautiful, the yellow atmosphere, red-orb sun, and lavender mist are a result of fine-particle pollution (or, PM 2.5), Dr. David Hill, a pulmonologist with the American Lung Association, told the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-air-quality-8af805b127ba4d4f5933463cf8fdc746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AP</a>. "We have defenses in our upper airway to trap larger particles and prevent them from getting down into the lungs. These are sort of the right size to get past those defenses," Hill said. "When those particles get down into the respiratory space, they cause the body to have an inflammatory reaction to them."<h2>What is the risk of wildfire smoke?</h2>Fine-particle air pollution can cause inflammation in the lungs and reduce heart function – lasting effects similar to smoking cigarettes or exposure to diesel exhaust, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/well/live/fire-smoke-lung-cancer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the New York Times reported</a>. Dr. Kari Nadeau, a physician and scientist at Stanford University, told the Times she believes the risk to our health is higher than that of smoking cigarettes. "Cigarettes at least have filters," Nadeau said.This kind of air pollution is particularly risky for children, whose lungs are still developing. "They breathe in more air per unit of body weight," Laura Kate Bender, the lung association's National Assistant Vice President of healthy air, told the AP.The risk of lung and heart irritation is also higher for older adults and people with lung or cardiovascular conditions, including asthma.<h2>6 ways to stay safe when it's smoky outside</h2><ul><li>Keep an eye on the <a href="https://www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">air quality in your area</a> to determine how long you should exercise caution. Until the risk passes, there are easy things you can do to protect yourself from experiencing long-term lung inflammation.</li><li>If possible, stay inside and close your windows, Hill said. (You can punch your zip code into <a href="https://www.airnow.gov/">AirNow.gov</a> to find out the air quality in your area.)</li><li>Do not burn candles, light a fire, or smoke indoors. That increases indoor pollution, according to a <a href="https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/well-its-wildfire-season?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email">blog post</a> from epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina, of the University of Texas Health Science Center.</li><li>Do not vacuum. That also affects your indoor air by kicking up any fine particles that may have come in through your window or door, Jetelina said.</li><li>If you do go outside, wear an N95 mask, which — if fitted correctly — blocks out 95% of particles larger than 0.3 microns. As such, they effectively keep out 2.5-micron particles, which we're seeing from the wildfire smoke. "N95 masks are the type of face covering protection that I would recommend for somebody who is outside during the air pollution caused by wildfires," Marina Vance, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder, told <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/here-are-the-face-masks-that-protect-you-from-wildfire-smoke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Healthline</a>.</li><li>While inside, you can run your <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/home/best-air-conditioner">air-conditioning</a> unit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/wildfires-and-indoor-air-quality-iaq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">if it has a good HVAC filter</a>, and an <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/home/best-air-purifier">air purifier</a> can help too, the American Lung Association recommends.</li></ul>

Wildfire smoke can irritate your lungs, and may be as dangerous as cigarettes. Here's how to protect yourself.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A new CDC study found that some people have taken to smoking both cigarettes and vapes.</li><li>Vapes were previously pitched as a way to switch or quit smoking cigarettes. </li></ul>Why would you "pick your poison" when you can enjoy both? Poor health outcomes. That's why.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now warning people who smoke both vapes and cigarettes about the negative health effects. "Dual use of tobacco products is a health concern because it may result in greater exposure to toxins and worse respiratory outcomes than using either product alone," the CDC said in a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db475.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">newly released study</a> on e-cigarette (or vape) use in adults in 2021. Use of both products was highest in adults aged 18 to 44, the CDC found. Vapes have previously been marketed as a way to quit smoking cigarettes. A <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/05/juul-accused-of-illegally-advertising-vaping-as-a-way-to-quit-smoking.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">past campaign</a> for Juul, an e-cigarette company that was federally <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/juul-labs-vape-agrees-pay-438-million-probe-teen-marketing-2022-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigated for its marketing to young people</a>, encouraged people to "make the switch" to e-cigarettes. It seems some of those people just ended up smoking both."The Food and Drug Administration has not found any e-cigarette to be safe and effective in helping smokers quit. The fact is, e-cigarettes are tobacco products too," reads a <a href="https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/e-cigarettes-vaping/quit-dont-switch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the American Lung Association, a nonprofit group. Among all American adults, the CDC study found that 10.2% smoked only cigarettes, 3.2% smoked only e-cigarettes, and 1.3% smoked both. E-cigarette use was greatest in young adults aged 18 to 24, where 11% reported using them. Most adults in that age category reported that they never smoked cigarettes. "Despite this, the percentage of adults aged 18-24 who were dual users of e-cigarettes and cigarettes was similar to the percentage among adults aged 25-44 (1.8% compared with 2.0%)," the study found. Meanwhile, adults aged 45 and over largely preferred cigarettes only, reporting the lowest percentages of e-cigarette use or dual use.

Vaping was marketed as an avenue to quit smoking cigarettes. But some smokers are now just doing both, CDC study finds.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Musk siblings hated a man Maye Musk was dating so much they put firecrackers in his cigarettes.</li><li>The man was accused of being abusive in Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk. </li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-ceo-elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> and his siblings disliked a man their mother, Maye Musk, was dating so much that they put firecrackers in his cigarettes, Walter Isaacson's new biography of the Tesla CEO says.The siblings' actions caused the cigarettes to explode when he lit them, the book said. The man in question was abusive, the book said, which added that he dated Maye Musk after she divorced her first husband, Errol Musk.The man she was dating after the divorce wanted her to marry him, but got another woman pregnant shortly after he proposed, the book said. Maye Musk told Isaacson the woman had been a friend who modeled with her.Isaacson's book, "Elon Musk," details the billionaire's childhood and the strained relationship between his parents. Isaacson wrote that both of Elon Musk's parents were drawn to "dramatic intensity rather than domestic bliss."Maye Musk and Errol Musk were married for nine years and are also parents to Kimbal Musk and Tosca Musk. The couple divorced when Elon Musk was eight.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grimes-elon-musk-associates-love-mean-abusive-father-errol-biography-2023-9">Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend Grimes</a> told Isaacson the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla">Tesla</a> CEO "associates love with being mean or abusive" and his father was partly to blame."He's attracted to chaotic evil," <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grimes">Grimes</a>, the singer whose legal name is Claire Boucher, told Isaacson. "It's about his father and what he grew up with, and he's quick to fall back into being treated badly. He associates love with being mean or abusive."<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/grimes-elon-musk-associates-love-mean-abusive-father-errol-biography-2023-9">Errol Musk</a> told Insider that any claims he'd been abusive were false.Maye Musk didn't immediately reply to a request for comment for this story, which was made outside of normal working hours.

Elon Musk and his siblings hated one of their mom's boyfriends so much that they put tiny firecrackers in his cigarettes that exploded, book says 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Poor air quality has many people breaking out their pandemic masks for protection.</li><li>Wildfire smoke can lead to coughing and wheezing, symptoms smokers experience.</li></ul>At my daughter's school pickup yesterday, I arrived to see that the administration had equipped all of the students with masks. Yes, those N95s that so many people loved to hate are back. I was relieved; I'd forgotten to send her with one in the morning, and the air quality had since plummeted.Most adults were masked, too. The teachers, the crossing guards, and most of the parents and caregivers waiting to collect their kids looked like they had returned to the early days of the pandemic.Of course, the kids were all complaining about the smell and the haze, and a few were clutching their necks and coughing, though I suspect they were just being dramatic as kids often are. One parent, who admitted to tossing all of their masks in the trash recently, was complaining about the smell. Another person nearby was coughing — a real cough, though. It was the type of deep throaty noise that makes you think someone might have a secret pack-a-day habit, though I can't say that description fits anyone in my social circle, nor any of the kindergarteners. There's good reason to draw a line between the dangers of smoke-filled air and cigarette smoke, even if the line isn't a perfect one. <h2>Poor air quality can impact the body like tobacco</h2>In 2020, when a slew of wildfires battered the West Coast, Dr. Kari Nadeau, a physician and scientist at Stanford University, reportedly said "being outside and breathing that air was similar to smoking seven cigarettes a day," the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/well/live/fire-smoke-lung-cancer.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Times reported</a>. Since then, she has shifted her position slightly: she believes that the effects may be even worse, since cigarettes have filters, she told the Times. The air quality in and around New York City was off-the-charts bad yesterday. According to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/air-quality-index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a>, if your neighborhood has an <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/991149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AQI</a> — or, air quality index — above 200, it is "very unhealthy." Where I live, in a suburb just north of the city, it was 364 yesterday afternoon. So, yeah, it was bad out there.<a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21813-nicotine-headache" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Like cigarette smoke</a>, these conditions can lead to a slew of uncomfortable symptoms including headaches, sinus issues and, yes, wheezing and coughing, as <a href="https://www.insider.com/symptoms-poor-air-quality-exposure-harms-health-wildfire-smoke">Insider previously reported</a>. As we know, even secondhand smoke has long been linked to an increased risk of lung cancer, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand-smoke/health.html#:~:text=Secondhand%20smoke%20causes%20lung%20cancer,cancer%20by%2020%E2%80%9330%25.&amp;text=Secondhand%20smoke%20causes%20more%20than,adults%20who%20do%20not%20smoke." target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the CDC</a>. And while more research is needed, <a href="https://www.nfcr.org/blog/lung-cancer-awareness-month-wildfires-and-cancer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">some studies</a> have drawn a connection between wildfire smoke and lung cancer in firefighters. <h2>Breathing in poor air, like smoking 18 cigarettes</h2>Luck would have it, a Github user known as jasminedevv, has developed an <a href="https://jasminedevv.github.io/AQI2cigarettes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online calculator</a> to help those with a penchant for doomsday thinking (hi, it's me, I'm the problem it's me) determine just how much damage all this smoke might be doing to our lungs, as <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/3846890-online-calculator-converts-air-pollution-index-into-number-of-cigarettes-youve-smoked/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill reported</a>. Taking research from <a href="https://berkeleyearth.org/air-pollution-and-cigarette-equivalence/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Berkley University</a> into account, jasminedevv's tool factors the time you've spent outdoors with the air quality in your area to spit out an estimate of the number of cigarettes that could be equivalent to. <div type="image" title="Online calculator used to compare air quality to cigarettes." height="1402" width="2304" msid="100857855" hostid="261"></div> An AQI of 64 over a 24-hour period amounts to one cigarette, The Hill reported. With that math, my family and I would have endured the equivalent of around 18 cigarettes each if we were outside at that air quality level all day and night. Even just an hour at that level was equated to smoking a little more than three-quarters of a cigarette, something I certainly wouldn't want to expose my kids to.Of course, all of this should be taken with a grain of salt — probably a larger, Kosher or flaky salt at that, since pollution affects us all differently, and there are many kinds of cigarettes. Luckily, today is seeming better already, and we're still masking. But, it's nice — dare I even admit, a little fun — to have a tool like this to feed into my anxiety.

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