Last updated 10/09/2025
If one is making a case for tobacco reduction or eradication based on likely future health gains, then having some idea even quantitative projections of the future RD and RRs comparing current (and ex) to never smokers is necessary for accurate prediction of mortality reductions and (healthy) life expectancy extensions
It just goes to show you: if you make a big enough fuss about some misguided notion, you can use a great deal of time, money, and effort formulating vicious allegations against a supposed wrong-doer and eventually bringing them down
Testing for benzene in the vapor produced by the PAX JUUL, the levels turned out NON-DETECABLE, so the chances of actually finding any benzene in vaporized commercial e-liquid, with much lower levels of bezoic acid, were pretty slim
The scope of the task force also extends to other types of tobacco and vapor devices on a budget of more than $1 million in 2022. In addition to creating a market for the smuggling of legal cigarettes domestically, high taxes and flavor bans have created a booming market for illegal, unregulated imports, the report noted, something that has been documented in other studies as well