By their own admission, creating doubt about the health charge without actually denying it is a strategy the tobacco industry has used effectively for decades, using smoke and mirrors to deflect mounting evidence of the deadly harm caused by their products
The economists, led by Charles Courtemanche of Georgia State University, call 14 percent substantial: in a study last year, he calculated that the growth of restaurants and big box grocers like Walmart (more eating out + cheaper food = more calories consumed) explain 17 percent and 12 percent, respectively, of the rise in obesity
Testing has shown that these products may contain harmful substances such as nickel, lead, and even traces of human saliva
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Those properties make menthol more appealing to first-time smokers and vapers, even as they pose the same health threats as non-menthol products and may be harder to quit