Old tobacco playbook gets new use by e-cigarettes

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6. E-Cigs Are Destroying The Domestic Cigarette Industry...

...as many former smokers are using it as a way to wean themselves off of cigarettes. They like using a patch as another way to cut down on their intake of nicotine without the other nasty and toxic chemicals that are not only harmful to smokers but to those who inhale the smoke. We've had endless threads here about the benefits of E-Cigs and generally those who don't use them will bash them as some kind of trojan horse to make smoking acceptable again. Truth is that moving to an E-Cig is costing big tobacco what's left of their domestic market and fear of E-cigs catching on abroad that would devastate their most lucrative markets. They want to legislate it out of existence and help stoke improper perceptions of the dangers of the E-Cig in hopes of keeping as many people hooked as they can for as long as they can. Many state governments are going along cause they rely on tobacco taxes and E-Cigs cut into their money pie as well...