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Meanwhile, the War on Tobacco Limps Ahead
Nicotine is a
legal and
addictive drug
by
W illiam A. C ollins
Smoking isn’t in the
news much these days, but
maybe it should be. Nearly
half a million Americans
still die from it each year.
As the leading prevent
able cause of death in our
country, tobacco kills way more
people than guns, car accidents,
and drug overdoses combined.
And sure, smoking is gradually
declining, but powerful players
are fighting mightily to sustain its
deadly impact on the world.
This is no shock because
there’s a ton of money in nicotine,
whether consumers get their fix in
cigarettes, pipes, cigars, battery-
powered electronic cigarettes, or
chewing tobacco. Many folks pay
truly amazing prices for a pack
and put up with draconian restric
tions on where they may puff.
Nicotine, after all, is just a legal
and addictive drug.
Due to tobacco’s gratifying
profit margins, purveyors have be
come remarkably adept at finding
new promotion angles and play
ing vigorous legal defense. For
years, the homegrown industry borders. The crop has wormed its general funds to hold down taxes.
has staved off tougher warning way into international trade agree In 2014, the states will spend less
labels such as those seen in Eu ments. The Trans-Pacific Partner than 2 percent of the $25 billion in
rope and Australia.
ship, one of President Barack settlement money they’ll pull in to
Big tobacco lost another round Obama’s big priorities, may give prevent kids from becoming smok
of its fight against graphic labels new spark to tobacco companies. ers and to help adults who smoke
in a federal appeals court It could make it easier for compa quit.
in 2012. But you can bet nies in the cigarette business to
Perhaps the most surprising as
you won’t see photos of sue whole nations that have had pect of the whole tobacco epic is
diseased lungs on retail the temerity to impose annoying that so many people — including
packs anytim e soon restrictions.
about one in five Americans —
around this country.
And do you recall that land still smoke the stuff. Why on Earth
While the Supreme Court mark national tobacco settlement is that?
refused to hear the case back in 1998? It required tobacco
Researchers at Hebrew Univer
last year, other obstacles remain companies to fork over billions to sity have concluded that many
in the way.
the states to use in anti-smoking smokers simply suffer from a lack
Meanwhile, e-cigarettes are programs and efforts to cope with of self-control. Well, if that’s all
booming. They deliver nicotine to health problems caused by smok there is to it, the war on tobacco
hungry lungs without tobacco’s ing. Well, the companies have may never end.
fatal tars and resins.
indeed been paying, but the states
OtherWords columnist William
That’s good for competition, have been chiseling.
A. Collins is a form er state repre
perhaps. But who needs more ad
By and large, they plunk all but sentative and a form er mayor o f
dicts? Well, the manufacturers do. a trifle of that money into their Norwalk, Conn.
Several boast that their smokes
deliver more nicotine than their
competitors. Thanks, guys, for
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dered altogether.
But U.S. adventures with to
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