But they certainly help paint a scary and (mostly) accurate picture of how Big Tobacco evolved, along with capitalism and the top notch marketing, PR and legal innovations and how it managed to sustain itself at the behest of political capital and greed, despite the stolid protests, activism and occasional successes of a few good men (and women) The monotony is undeniable, but the learnings and eye opening revelations more than compensate for the same
In the last five years, while the FDA has approved only a handful of e-cigarettes in tobacco flavor only, it has at the same time accelerated the introduction of 1,213 new combustible tobacco products into the U.S
Even without nicotine, e-cigarettes still cause problems such as irritation, inflammation, and toxicity
Sixteen months later, facing pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to privatize state assets, Egypt also agreed to sell its controlling stake in Eastern, leaving it as a minority shareholder in the Middle Easts largest tobacco company
