A 2011 study predicted that a menthol ban would prevent more than 600,000 deaths by 2050, including the deaths of over 200,000 African Americans
While the 20th century saw roughly 100 million tobacco deaths, mostly in rich countries, some estimates project up to 1 billion in the 21st century, mostly in developing nations
Data show that the content of carcinogens in the smoke of heat-not-burn cigarettes is 80% less than that of ordinary cigarettes, which reduces the intake of mutagens by smokers by 70%, reduces the incidence of bronchitis and pneumonia by 46% and 36%, greatly reducing the harm of tobacco products to people and becoming a new trend leading tobacco consumption
Smoking cessation recommendations encourage women to quit smoking entirely in the first trimester of pregnancy, and if they do not succeed to at least gradually reduce the number of cigarettes smoked daily and to completely abandon smoking in the third trimester 27