E-Cigarettes: The End of Smoking?
February 22, 2014
With the U.S. smoking rate in a nosedive, the nation's three largest tobacco companies -- Altria (NYSE: MO ) ,Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI ) , and Lorillard (NYSE:LO ) -- face an existential threat. A committed cadre of anti-tobacco activists is determined to drop the smoking rate all the way to zero. By acting on a number of fronts that include excise tax hikes, laws that ban smoking in public places, and legal victories for anti-tobacco groups, activists have helped lower the U.S. smoking rate from 32% in the 1980s to 18.1% in 2012. However, new measures must be found and implemented in order to drop the rate to zero.
Americans have a strong sense of their right to do to themselves what they please, even when it involves activities they would be better off avoiding. ...
E-Cigarettes: The End of Smoking?
February 22, 2014
With the U.S. smoking rate in a nosedive, the nation's three largest tobacco companies -- Altria (NYSE: MO ) ,Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI ) , and Lorillard (NYSE:LO ) -- face an existential threat. A committed cadre of anti-tobacco activists is determined to drop the smoking rate all the way to zero. By acting on a number of fronts that include excise tax hikes, laws that ban smoking in public places, and legal victories for anti-tobacco groups, activists have helped lower the U.S. smoking rate from 32% in the 1980s to 18.1% in 2012. However, new measures must be found and implemented in order to drop the rate to zero.
Americans have a strong sense of their right to do to themselves what they please, even when it involves activities they would be better off avoiding. ...
E-Cigarettes: The End of Smoking?
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