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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by vmurthy on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:45AM (#20744379)
> I suspect there is a lot of cognitive dissonance involved

Edit : Some more context

I find it fascinating what people do to get rid of the dissonance. In India, we have a heavily regulated tobacco industry. In a debate , I remember someone from a cigarette manufacturing company (who don't manufacture any other tobacco products) commenting that relative to beedi [1] and chew-able tobacco, cigarettes are better because they are less harmful and bring in more revenues to the government!

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beedi

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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by dr_dshiv on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:24AM (#20744817)
From a public health perspective, I think Juul/vape products would be extremely helpful in a place like India.
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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by sails on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:43AM (#20744894)
Relevant, add Indonesia and China. https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/08/01/indonesia-seeks-to...

Despicable industry across the board.

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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by vmurthy on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:02AM (#20744971)
This piqued my interest. Can you please explain how? From what I understand, Juul/vape products don't contain tar which is supposedly the worst offender in a cigarette. Is that what you meant?
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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by dr_dshiv on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:08AM (#20747804)
Yes. Tobacco is huge in India and a major public health issue.

The danger of Juul is really yet to be determined -- but odds are extremely high that the public damage is far less than tobacco. These recent reports of lung collapse in minors all results from crap low quality thc vaping products, not Juul or even ecigs.

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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by tk75x on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @07:11AM (#20745554)
Also, vape products don't combust the liquid which should prevent inhaling of many different carcinogens.
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