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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Making cigarettes even more conspicuous I think will backfire on teenagers
It's like a cigarrette company saying they want to protect the health of people's lungs
Because smoking is no longer acceptable
Reminds me of smoking companies.
It works for cigarettes.[0]: https://web.stanford.edu/~jhain/Paper/JASA2010.pdf
People must be desperate for nicotine. Seems like quite the markup.
When cigarette ads are removed, people can still get cigarettes.
Cigarette companies hiding known addictive effects?
"It's easy to give up smoking - just don't buy cigarettes".
Try outlawing tobacco and see what happens (hint: Prohibition).