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For example, analyses of the Health Survey for England [10], the China Kadoorie Biobank involving nearly half a million participants [4], and Korean national survey data [32] have each reported that current smokers had similar or lower blood pressure levels compared with non-smokers after adjustment for confounders

Basing public health positions on this assertion today, knowing full well how this figure was invented, is irresponsible and either aligns with the scientific lies propagated by the tobacco industry, or is a mix of naivety, incompetence, and/or vested interests

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