A spokesman for Philip Morris Limited, which makes IQOS, said: "We are encouraged by today's statement of the UK's Committee on Toxicity and will continue to share our scientific evidence
So their antipathy does smack of a moral rather than a health agenda and while the tobacco harm reduction mantra is smoke for the nicotine, die from the tar those in tobacco control who take an anti-nicotine view including the WHO responsible for the global health of the planet are giving smokers two options quit or die
I honestly believe it will not have an effect, and smokers say that because they dont want the law changed. Erik Lovequist of Billerica, Massachusetts, quit smoking 14 years ago and has not visited Rhode Islands Twin River Lincoln casino in a very long time due to the entire casino, including much of the nonsmoking area, smelling like an ashtray
In the US, states have different rules
In addition to being important in their own right, should these policies be put in place together with polices designed to make combustible tobacco products (eg, cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos) less desirable and available, it is possible that current conventional cigarette smokers who will not quit nicotine would shift to e-cigarettes without major dual use or youth initiation to nicotine addiction with e-cigarettes