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Unlike a caffeine spike, a nicotine buzz is slower and more nuanced

Peter Selby, head of the Nicotine Dependence Clinic at Torontos Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said the warnings on each cigarette could start more conversations about the harms of a public health nuisance that is particularly dangerous for young smokers, adding their brains are not fully developed until at least age 25

The chart (shown below) shows that regardless of where taxes increase, the downward trend in smoking persisted

Over the years, tobacco remained a valuable crop for several Southern states, which enabled many small family farms to survive