Ed Anselm to comment that the most addictive thing about tobacco is money. Only a tiny fraction of settlement funding, 2.6%, is now directed by the states toward smoking prevention and cessation programs
Its efforts to fund research to support its claims, and to hire experts willing to testify in support of them, may be one reason for its success in persuading juries not to hold it liable more often
A spokesperson for Santa Fe Natural Tobacco, Seth Moskowitz, told the newspaper that company policy prevented him from commenting on the lawsuit
But the rise of Juul helps explain how this technology went from a niche product to a mainstream industry worth tens of billions of dollars
In households with smokers, the smoky odour can persist for extended periods, even if smoking is done outside
"There's also secondhand smoke