"The punchline here about menthol is it allows the poisons in tobacco cigarettes to go down easier," Gardiner said in an interview with NBC Washington
But their mix of electronic components and nicotine puts them in a grey area for disposal, said Yogi Hendlin, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco and one of the leading researchers on the subject
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On the other hand, to the extent that the tax reduces the number of smokers who switch from cigarettes to ecigarettes, it could increase cigarette smoking