Why worry about fatalities, injuries, and billions of Rand of environmental damage and medical bills, when theres money to be made
On Monday, Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said in a written statement that raising the federal tobacco age to 21 without also prohibiting flavored e-cigarettes will not stop the youth e-cigarette epidemic
That position is not supported by some in the industry: Banning the use of cellulose acetate filters, before viable alternatives come to market, will do little to help the environment, but will instead risk driving consumers to purchase illegal cigarettes, wrote the spokesperson from Japan Tobacco International
New York State law prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21
A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease
They attack organs such as the lungs, oesophagus and pancreas, where they impair the bodys own defences against cancer cells, which in turn increases the risk of developing cancer