Smokers will say they have a right to make their own decisions
"The FDA's job is to ensure tobacco products are not marketed in a way that leads consumers to believe cigarettes with descriptors like 'additive-free' and 'natural' pose fewer health risks than other cigarettes, unless the claims have been scientifically supported," said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, in a written statement
And the results held when researchers accounted for parents' mental health and other factors
The narrative around the company had gotten so negative that it was almost ridiculous, even though internally we felt like we were doing all we could to mitigate the situation
Many working in drug addiction treatment (in international contexts, if not so much in the US) jumped this moral hoop long ago, but people in tobacco control, which impacts far more lives in India, unfortunately have not