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  • Speaker 1: Why are cities across America considering bans on e-cigarettes and vaping? Is it to

  • protect public health? While that's what you typically hear, I think there's another important

  • explanation. After all, there are lots of unhealthy products that nobody's trying to

  • ban. One reason vaping, in particular, is being

  • targeted is due to lobbying from big businesses. Namely, tobacco companies. Hold on. Aren't

  • some of the people pushing for bans on e-cigarettes the same folks who used to lobby against big

  • tobacco? Absolutely. Many anti-tobacco activists have become anti-vaping

  • activists. Saying that just like regular cigarettes, e-cigarettes could be dangerous for people's

  • health or that they could send the wrong message to kids.

  • Now those activists find themselves on the same side as their formal foes since tobacco

  • company lobbyists are fighting e-cigarettes, too. They're worried about their bottom line.

  • Studies show that vaping is twice as effective as other methods in helping people quit smoking.

  • By pushing for regulations that make e-cigarettes less accessible to consumers they ensure that

  • more people will keep smoking tobacco. We've got a classic case of what some scholars call

  • the "Bootleggers and Baptists Phenomena." Well-intentioned activists end up pushing

  • for the same rules in the interests they actually oppose. This helps lend all the lobbying efforts

  • an air of legitimacy. They can claim it's for public health.

  • Meanwhile, most of the lobbying money is on the side interests that don't care about health.

  • They care about getting an unfair advantage over their competitors by using government

  • regulations to work in their favor. The tobacco company, RJ Reynolds, has even

  • hedged their bets by starting to make their own brands of e-cigarettes, while simultaneously

  • lobbying for bans against other types of e-cigarettes. The kinds they don't make. Claiming that those

  • kinds are a bigger health risk. Talk about an unfair advantage.

  • Unfortunately, situations like this are not uncommon. In every industry, you'll find businesses

  • that are using their money to lobby the government to get regulations passed that look like they're

  • in the public interest, but actually benefit them at the expense of their competitors.

  • Doesn't it seem wrong that these big businesses get to decide what you do with your body and

  • your property? Isn't that for you to decide? A better approach would be allowing individuals

  • and property owners to decide where e-cigarettes can be used ... not to enact regulations that

  • make it harder for smokers to quit.

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    Danny Wang posted on 2017/10/24
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Keywords

absolutely

US /ˈæbsəˌlutli, ˌæbsəˈlutli/

UK /ˈæbsəlu:tli/

  • adverb
  • Completely; totally; very
  • Completely and without any doubt
  • Used to express complete agreement or certainty.
  • Yes; certainly; definitely.
  • Used to express strong agreement or affirmation.
  • Used to emphasize the agreement with a statement.
  • Completely; totally.
  • Used to add force to a statement or command.
  • Considered independently and without relation to other things; viewed abstractly; as, quantity absolutely considered.
  • Used for emphasis; very.
  • Used to emphasize a statement or opinion.
  • Without any doubt; completely.
  • Used to express complete agreement or affirmation.
approach

US /əˈprəʊtʃ/

UK /ə'prəʊtʃ/

  • other
  • The means or opportunity to reach something.
  • other
  • To come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.
  • other
  • To come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.
  • To speak to someone about something, often making a request or proposal.
  • noun
  • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
  • An initial proposal or request made to someone.
  • A way of dealing with something.
  • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
  • Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
  • verb
  • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • To request someone to do something specific
simultaneously

US /saɪməlˈtenɪəslɪ/

UK /ˌsɪməl'teɪnɪəslɪ/

  • adverb
  • At the same time; all together
typically

US /ˈtɪpɪklɪ/

UK /ˈtɪpɪkli/

  • adverb
  • In a normal or usual way
  • In a way that is usual or expected.
  • In a way that is usual or expected.
effective

US /ɪˈfɛktɪv/

UK /ɪˈfektɪv/

  • adjective
  • In operation; operative.
  • Successful in producing a desired or intended result.
  • Working efficiently to produce a desired result
  • In operation; in force.
  • Successful in producing a desired or intended result.
  • Producing a desired or intended result.
  • Actual rather than nominal; real.
  • Skillful and producing the intended result.
advantage

US /ædˈvæntɪdʒ/

UK /əd'vɑ:ntɪdʒ/

  • noun
  • A condition or circumstance that puts one in a favorable or superior position.
  • Thing making the chance of success higher
  • Benefit or profit gained from something.
  • A positive point about something
  • other
  • Benefit resulting from some course of action.
  • other
  • To make use of something, especially to further one's own position; exploit.
claim

US /klem/

UK /kleɪm/

  • noun
  • An assertion of the truth of something, typically one that is disputed or in doubt.
  • A request to an insurance company for payment relating to a loss covered by a policy.
  • A demand or request for something considered one's due.
  • A statement asserting something as a fact.
  • A demand for something as rightful or due.
  • A statement that something is true.
  • other
  • To state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
  • To state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
  • To ask for something that you believe belongs to you or that you have a right to.
  • To make a request for something of value, especially money, that you believe you are owed.
  • verb
  • To say that something is true, often without proof.
  • To demand or ask for something that you believe is rightfully yours.
  • To take or cause the loss of (e.g., a life, property).
property

US /ˈprɑpəti/

UK /'prɒpətɪ/

  • noun
  • Particular quality that someone or something has
  • A quality or characteristic of something.
  • A building or area of land.
  • A rule or fact in mathematics.
  • Buildings or piece of land owned by someone
  • A quality or characteristic of something.
  • An object used on stage or in a film.
  • An object used on the stage in a play or film; a prop.
  • other
  • Land and buildings.
  • The legal right to own something.
  • Something that is owned by a person or organization.
industry

US /ˈɪndəstri/

UK /'ɪndəstrɪ/

  • other
  • The production of goods or related services within an economy.
  • other
  • The production of goods or services within a country or region.
  • Hard work and dedication to a task or purpose.
  • noun
  • Hard work; being busy working
  • Factories or businesses that make certain products
  • A group of businesses that provide a particular product or service.
  • other
  • A group of businesses that provide similar products or services.
accessible

US /ækˈsɛsəbəl/

UK /əkˈsesəbl/

  • adjective
  • Easy to approach or enter.
  • Able to be entered, reached or used
  • Able to be used or obtained.
  • Easy to approach or enter.
  • Easy to understand.
  • Friendly and easy to talk to.
  • Open to influence or suggestion.