They give the government credit, but the government through every single administration, Democrat or Republican, has done virtually nothing on smoking and neither has the AMA, Phil talks about the AMA opposing menthol
Pitting in Small Pox The following is a simple process that has been adopted most successfully, not only in cases of small pox, in which it completely prevented pitting, but in all eruptive diseases generally, such as measles, scarlatina, nettlerash, chicken pox, &c., relieving the itching, tingling, and irritation of those complaints, and thereby affording great relief, especially in the case of children
-- more chicken and vegetables
Seriously
While nicotine is what addicts and keeps people using tobacco products, it is not what makes tobacco use so deadly