| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal
USA. Anti-smoking plan may kill cigarettes—and save Big Tobacco
USA. Anti-smoking plan may kill cigarettes—and save Big Tobacco
Imagine if cigarettes were no longer addictive and smoking itself became almost obsolete; only a tiny segment of Americans still lit up. That's the goal of an unprecedented anti-smoking plan being carefully fashioned by U.S. health officials.
But the proposal from the Food and Drug Administration could have another unexpected effect: opening the door for companies to sell a new generation of alternative tobacco products, allowing the industry to survive—even thrive—for generations to come. (medicalxpress.com, USA, 19.01.2018)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-anti-smoking-cigarettesand-big-tobacco.html