Peat fires are so persistent, in fact, that when they ignite in the Arctic, they can remain hidden as snow falls, then pop up again as temperatures rise and everything melts
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It has also been linked to cataracts, and studies have shown that people who smoke double their chances of forming cataracts, and the risk continues to increase the more you smoke
'Can policy impact the actual population?' The researchers are following a group of subjects recruited before the new legislation came into force and will monitor them in the years to come to assess aspects including the effects of e-cigarettes on smoking behaviour, whether there is an increase in attempts to quit smoking, and the effects the legislation has on the perceptions of smoking