Vaping and smoking share similar negative effects on the body, such as damage to the lungs and increased cancer risk
Playing center and linebacker, Bednarik was named an All-American after both his junior and senior years
The chemicals present in smoke damage brain cells, increasing the risk of stroke
"To end the scourge of tobacco on this country, reduce the health disparities it inflicts, and decrease tobacco-related diseases like cancer, we need local, state, and federal lawmakers to pass proven tobacco control policies, including regular and significant tobacco tax increases, comprehensive statewide smoke-free laws, adequate funding for state tobacco prevention and cessation programs and ensure all Medicaid enrollees have access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services, including all three types of counseling and all FDA-approved medications," she said