Hamilton, a professor of economics at Grinnell College, in Iowa, calculated in a paper printed in The Review of Economics and Statistics that the health-scare anti-smoking commercials appearing on the air in the late sixties depressed cigarette sales several times as much as the whole tobacco industry was able to stimulate them through advertising
Louis County passed a law that prohibits smoking in county buildings and parks, all public places, and all indoor places of employment
A survey of local authorities commissioned by the Department of Health found that in London, 99% of businesses were compliant within the first two weeks of the ban coming into effect on July 1
According to the National Cancer Institute, smokeless tobacco products contain at least 28 carcinogens, including nitrosamines, which are known to cause cancer
I submit that tobacco is the original PED