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Tobacco Politics

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War In any business there is politics. And one of the older ones is tobacco. The new manufactured products named e-cigarettes, e-cigs or simply vapes are getting the latest headline of recent health cases across USA. Fifteen deaths and more than one thousand illness are attributed to the vaping habit. The USA politicians, congressmen and policy makers are getting more and more seemigly worried for the widespread epidemic. Even Trump from his personal account in twitter has called for a ban for the product . The FDA (Food & Drug Administration in USA) had issue a warning ban if they don’t follow the new regulations and a plan to safeguard from underage use. Juul is the largest company on the e-cigarette market, having a net worth of over 38 billion of dollars after the 35% stake acquisition from Altria. Whereas Altria is the parent company of Philip Morris the owner tobacco