About the Author Claire McCarthy, MD, Former Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing Disclaimer: As a service to our readers, Harvard Health Publishing provides access to our library of archived content
Menthol cigarettes, which are easier to smoke and have long been an on-ramp to smoking for young people, have been repeatedly exempted from legislation on flavored tobacco products, the result of massive tobacco industry lobbying efforts
This legislation prevents the Department of Energy (DOE) from setting or enforcing energy efficiency standards for dishwashers that are either not cost-effective, technologically unfeasible, or do not result in significant energy savings
This suggests that the closed system e-cigarette, while generally safer, serves as a starter product that paves the way for the use of a more risky, unregulated open-system e-cigarette
"In short, Defendants have marketed and sold their lethal product with zeal, with deception, with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted." Now, no serious scientist or doctor denies that smoking kills