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The sad thing is that this is only an issue now, when the product is unexpectedly killing people in the short term. It's clear that killing people in the long term is part of their business model.

For example:

They created flavors clearly designed for non-smokers

They took major investment funds from big tobacco

The had to be forced to restrict certain marketing policies even though it was clear that vaping had become epidemic in high schools.

They pursue the same kinds of hyper aggressive promotion overseas the cigarette companies do, continuing with practices that are now prevented in the US

They happily ignore the evidence that many people in this new generation of addicts switch in-part or in-whole to cigarettes.




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