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The initial start-up cost can run anywhere from $40 to $120 but considering a single cartridge can last as long as 20 regular cigarettes, the advantage is clear
A lengthy investigation revealed that the cause of the illness was inhaling diacetyl, a buttery flavoring
It was then that I went to see a drug counselor, and when she asked me why I was getting high, the only thing I could think to say was, Its given me something to write about. So three decades later I sat down to write about it, intending it purely as nonfiction, but as I wrote I began to do what I asked my students to do, reimagine and reinvent myself, until by draft ten or so my facts could no longer be called facts. Eventually, the central principle of cigarette addiction being an unexpected redemptive forcewhat had inspired me to write the story in the first placewas cut entirely
Whats the end goal of the campaign
The FDA said essentially that those flavors are more likely to get adults off regular and far more dangerous cigarettes and less likely to attract underage users