@tmy @kaikatsu @guizzy @moonman The reason for this new propaganda is that the vaping industry got popular enough that it was poised to perhaps completely replace the conventional tobacco industry. since Big Tobacco has such a financial stake in US Political Funding, why do you think it's happening? Do the math. Fake articles, nonsense in Congress, and so on.
Recall that it is due to Big Tobacco that it is also illegal to grow your own tobacco plant.
Wikipedia: "According to data from the World Health Organization on cigarette taxes around the world, the US is ranked 36th out of the 50 most populous countries in terms of the percent of cigarette pack costs from taxes. Their data estimates that taxes make up 42.5% of the cost of a pack of cigarettes in the US, compared to 82.2% in the United Kingdom, which has the highest cigarette taxes."