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[https://gsthr.org/report/2020/burning-issues/chapter-5 GSTHR]

*"The new nicotine products have been disruptive to the tobacco industry which has had to adapt or get left behind in a burgeoning market. The development of SNP has also been hugely disruptive to the deeply embedded narrative of anti-smoking campaigners. The growing use of SNP and the re-evaluation of the relative benefits of smokeless tobacco has split the global public health community. It has generated a new era of uncertainty and confusion around nicotine consumption. The long-standing ‘heroes and villains’ narrative has been disrupted to the extent that – regarding THR – some major ‘heroes’ of the tobacco wars are now public health ‘villains’ who are putting smokers’ lives at risk."

[http://www.medhealthfit.com/blog/2019/7/27/where-did-it-all-go-a-windfall-of-money-from-tobacco-companies-but-none-for-prevention Where Did It All Go]

*"The issue then comes to this question – where is all of this money going? Tobacco prevention programs state to state? Well – no. According to the web site Public Health Law Center, the states have been collecting record amounts of money from tobacco companies – but over the past 20 years, only one state – North Dakota, even funds a tobacco prevention program at have the level that the CDC recommends."

[https://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2019/05/vaping-lost-tobacco-revenue.html Lost Tobacco Revenue]

*"In interviews I’m often asked why, if vaping is 95% safer than smoking, there are so many negative stories around vaping."

*"My answer is that vaping is a disruptive industry which threatens more than US$700 billion in tobacco revenues and US$250 billion in tax revenues. It’s inevitable there’s going to be opposition to vaping."

*"But I’m always uneasy this may be interpreted as a conspiracy theory. So to illustrate the scale of the problem, we decided to put some data behind the assertion."

[[Category: Tobacco control groups]]

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 [https://gsthr.org/report/2020/burning-issues/chapter-5 GSTHR]
+*"The new nicotine products have been disruptive to the tobacco industry which has had to adapt or get left behind in a burgeoning market. The development of SNP has also been hugely disruptive to the deeply embedded narrative of anti-smoking campaigners. The growing use of SNP and the re-evaluation of the relative benefits of smokeless tobacco has split the global public health community. It has generated a new era of uncertainty and confusion around nicotine consumption. The long-standing ‘heroes and villains’ narrative has been disrupted to the extent that – regarding THR – some major ‘heroes’ of the tobacco wars are now public health ‘villains’ who are putting smokers’ lives at risk."
 [http://www.medhealthfit.com/blog/2019/7/27/where-did-it-all-go-a-windfall-of-money-from-tobacco-companies-but-none-for-prevention Where Did It All Go]
+*"The issue then comes to this question – where is all of this money going?  Tobacco prevention programs state to state?  Well – no.  According to the web site Public Health Law Center, the states have been collecting record amounts of money from tobacco companies – but over the past 20 years, only one state – North Dakota, even funds a tobacco prevention program at have the level that the CDC recommends."
 [https://www.ecigarettedirect.co.uk/ashtray-blog/2019/05/vaping-lost-tobacco-revenue.html Lost Tobacco Revenue]
+*"In interviews I’m often asked why, if vaping is 95% safer than smoking, there are so many negative stories around vaping."
+*"My answer is that vaping is a disruptive industry which threatens more than US$700 billion in tobacco revenues  and US$250 billion in tax revenues. It’s inevitable there’s going to be opposition to vaping."
+*"But I’m always uneasy this may be interpreted as a conspiracy theory. So to illustrate the scale of the problem, we decided to put some data behind the assertion."
+[[Category: Tobacco control groups]]