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While its a common belief that smoking helps with weight control, research indicates that smoking may actually lead to weight gain and increased belly fat over time

A summary of research by Bofetta, Petal regarding cancer risk from smokeless tobacco use states "Although epidemiological data from the USA and Asia show a raised risk of oral cancer in those who use smokeless tobacco (overall relative risk 26 [95% CI 13-52]), these are not confirmed in northern European studies (10 [07-13])

So there was another unexpected connection

His sister, he told me, used to be scared of garden peas and he said that he understood why, because peas are confounding

From pictures I have found, it looks like a squeeze lighter, from the 1940s