Vapers Digest 2nd September

Tobacco Control Advocates: Big Tobacco’s Useful Idiots

David Zaruk, Clearing The Air

The objective of any corporation is first to survive, then to thrive. A decade ago, tobacco companies had to shift into non-combustibles to survive as nicotine alternative products were threatening their markets. But they kept selling their cigarettes. Today, tobacco control advocates and many misinformed health leaders have confused the public about the relative safety of tobacco harm reduction products like e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. Along with the WHO, they are advocating banning these new nicotine products or heavily taxing and restricting them. They have shifted their campaigns away from the fight against smoking. A recent article in the Financial Times notes how “cigfluencers” are gaining attention and how smoking is once again fashionable. This failure is due, in a large part, to the tobacco control activists. The tobacco industry has no issue with returning to the status quo.