"[They] did find a link to having this particular behavior and CHD," Pettigrew said, "but other people that moved into the field who didnt have connections to the tobacco industry werent able to replicate the findings." Later studies in Northern Ireland, Japan, and France weren't able to find a conclusive link between psychological factors and CHD
In fact, a report by a committee of the FDA concluded that if menthol cigarettes had been removed from the marketplace in 2010, then (a) by 2020, roughly 17,000 premature deaths would have been avoided and about 2.3 million people would not have started smoking
Another study of vapers over 18 in Indian metropolitan cities found that their first exposure to nicotine came from smoking for 71.4 percent of those surveyed
Many smokers describe the taste as richer and more authentic
FDA Targets Walgreens as Biggest Youth Tobacco Sale Violator Article in The Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2019