Filter Holes on Cigarettes (IMAGE)

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Filter Holes on Cigarettes

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According to a newly published study, "light" cigarettes appear to be largely to blame for an increase in cases and deaths of a type of lung cancer known as adenocarcinoma.

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The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute

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