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INTRODUCTION One of the primary contributors to a diverse range of human health issues is smoking, which encompasses a spectrum of illnesses ranging from life-threatening cardiovascular diseases to debilitating lung cancers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1

Buyers have to show their photo ID to purchase e-cigarettes, hookah tobacco, or cigars, verifying that they are 21 years or older

Combined with feelings of isolation and cultural displacement, this conflict contributed to a pattern consistent with the lower mental toughness scores observed quantitatively among smokers, particularly in control, confidence, and challenge

Everatt R, Kuzmickien I, Virviit D, Tamoinas A