43rd Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), San Francisco:Abstract #745, 2005
The FDAs grossly disproportionate barriers to entry (in resources and time) to the legal market amount to a regulators thumb on the scales in favor of smoking and illicit Chinese products
Most recently, attention has turned to the possibility of vape pens containing lead
As explained in NCIs Tobacco Control Monograph 21, The Economics of Tobacco Use and Tobacco Control, published in 2016 in collaboration with WHO, Tobacco control policies, such as increased taxation, anti-smoking media campaigns, and comprehensive smoke-free policies, increase the demand for tobacco dependence treatment and the rates of subsequent cessation. Research conducted over many decades and in many countries has established that significant increases in the excise tax and price of tobacco products is the single most consistently effective tool for reducing tobacco use
This practice helps to maintain a consistently moist mouth, facilitating smooth nicotine release and preventing any potential irritation that might arise from prolonged contact with a dry gum line
The issue is rarely the cigars or the furniture
