A few examples of the industry exerting its influence include: Lobbying to erode policies While JUUL claimed to take steps to reduce youth use of its product, the company simultaneously hired more than 80 lobbyists to undermine tobacco control policies at the state level, including fighting bans on flavored e-cigarette pods, legislation that would provide greater regulation of vaping and undercutting laws to prevent youth use
Instead, when the commonwealth legalized possession of marijuana this year, the legislation didnt create a legal market until 2024
This trend, which the study calls the greenwashing of menthol cigarettes, continues years of tobacco industry efforts to hide the health hazards of tobacco use to the public
Amid all this dissension between the formerly inseparable partners in the mass merchandising of cigarettes, the full Commerce Committee, headed by Senator Magnuson, met in October to consider amendments to the House bill governing cigarette advertising on the air
Were being liberated from the harm of mentholated tobacco products
