Tobacco Industry Analogies

Commenters repeatedly compare a modern nicotine product (likely vaping or heated tobacco) to traditional cigarettes, discussing health risks, regulation, stigmatization, tobacco company hypocrisy, and marketing tactics.

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Sample Comments

_5659 Dec 6, 2020 View on HN

Making cigarettes even more conspicuous I think will backfire on teenagers

loveistheanswer Mar 20, 2021 View on HN

It's like a cigarrette company saying they want to protect the health of people's lungs

gumby Sep 14, 2020 View on HN

Because smoking is no longer acceptable

NietTim Dec 16, 2020 View on HN

Reminds me of smoking companies.

adasdasdas Jul 3, 2023 View on HN

It works for cigarettes.[0]: https://web.stanford.edu/~jhain/Paper/JASA2010.pdf

eru Sep 18, 2014 View on HN

People must be desperate for nicotine. Seems like quite the markup.

glandium Feb 5, 2022 View on HN

When cigarette ads are removed, people can still get cigarettes.

lazide Nov 23, 2025 View on HN

Cigarette companies hiding known addictive effects?

blowski Nov 22, 2016 View on HN

"It's easy to give up smoking - just don't buy cigarettes".

ythn Mar 28, 2017 View on HN

Try outlawing tobacco and see what happens (hint: Prohibition).