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State law raised the smoking age to 21 in 2021 to align federal and state law
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Discussion Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of substance use, including tobacco products, marijuana, opioids, and alcohol, has been increasing, especially among men of reproductive age 28,29
Effects of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Innate Immunity The innate defense mechanisms of the airways and lungs encompass structural components, cough reflex, mucociliary clearance, epithelial barrier, humoral factors (surfactant proteins, complement proteins, antimicrobial peptides), and cells that elicit immune responses (epithelial cells, macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells, neutrophils, natural killer cells, and mast cells)