The History of Tobacco Excise Taxes There have been a number of major changes in tobacco taxation from the 1940s to 2020
What they are is *relatively* harmless compared to lit tobacco, which is not only a perfectly valid piece of objective assessment based on the evidence we have, and the materials science we know extremely well (although in a slightly backhanded way e-cigarette use long term might be like losing the tips of all your fingers, whereas smoking is like being run over a series of articulated lorries, that are on fire, such is the massive harm smoking does) but that relative harm *is* the actual important point
So if the government isnt going to make a habit that is a massive public health risk illegal (and I think the drug war shows why that might be a bad idea), the least it can do is strongly discourage the habit
The direction taken here, with Amber Ash Sheikh, is firmly that of the ashy, dry leather
A 2019 study he co-authored in the journal Tobacco Control showed the 2012 graphic warnings on cigarette packages were effective in increasing people's knowledge about health risks
Non-Combustible Alternatives Are Reshaping the Category Heated tobacco and vapor are no longer fringe
