For those who cannot or will not quit tobacco altogether, a comparatively lower tax rate makes those products that help smokers switch completely to significantly less harmful products more accessible, and increases incentives to quit the more expensive, and most harmful combustible products
Even reducing the number of cigarettes smoked can make a difference
A report by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine concluded, There is conclusive evidence that completely substituting e-cigarettes for combustible tobacco cigarettes reduces users exposure to numerous toxicants and carcinogens present in combustible tobacco cigarettes. It also found there is substantial evidence that completely switching from regular use of combustible tobacco cigarettes to e-cigarettes results in reduced short-term adverse health outcomes in several organ systems. Regarding THC vaping, we now know that vaping these products, particularly if they come from illicit sources, is linked to serious lung illness and is potentially deadly
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However, for the best health outcomes, quitting smoking remains the most effective choice