Investigation: How the tobacco industry has secretly bankrolled vaping
Vaping research papers, 'grassroots' organisations tied to tobacco
The Story · The Times
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Show Notes
A Times investigation has found that tobacco companies have been engaged in a secret lobbying campaign to try and boost their e cigarette sales. They've bankrolled scientific papers playing down the risks of youth vaping and funded so-called independent foundations, which then try and lobby the government. How has this gone unchecked?
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Guest: Billy Kenber, Senior Investigations Reporter, The Times.
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