Below are the same two guys, photographed on the same photo shoot, presumably
While e-cigarettes may be less harmful than regular cigarettes, this does not mean that they are harmless
The fully-adjusted model included age (5-year age-groups), ethnicity (prioritised by Mori, Pacific, Asian and European/Other), equivalised household income (using a New Zealand-specific index) 31 , neighbourhood deprivation quintile 32, 33 , education (none, school, post-school qualifications), labour force status (employed, job-searching, inactive), housing tenure (owner, renting, unknown), car access (0, 1 or 2+ motor vehicles) and HHS (none, lives with a current-smoker)
The last such estimate came a decade ago from the Centers for Disease Control, which said that lost productivity and higher medical costs amounted to $3,400 a year per smoker