Investigation: How the tobacco industry has secretly bankrolled vaping
The Story15 Des 2023

Investigation: How the tobacco industry has secretly bankrolled vaping

A Times investigation has found that tobacco companies have been engaged in a secret lobbying campaign to try and boost their e cigarette sales. They've bankrolled scientific papers playing down the risks of youth vaping and funded so-called independent foundations, which then try and lobby the government. How has this gone unchecked?

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