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As interactions between lawmakers and tobacco companies (including KT&G, South Koreas largest tobacco company) lack transparency, it is difficult to determine how the tobacco company contacted the lawmaker or what information was conveyed

" The Forgotten Smoker" research found that misinformation about nicotine and relative risk is widespread: 52% of Americans incorrectly believe nicotine itself causes cancer, and 73% mistakenly believe all tobacco and nicotine products are equally harmful

So what makes the smoke from cigarettes any different from the smoke from incense

Sylvia, a spokesman for Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, said Thursday