ClydeR
09-22-2024, 08:55 AM
“I’ll save Vaping again!” Trump said in the post.
His post appears to flip-flop from actions he took when he was president. In 2020, the Trump administration announced a limited ban on mint and fruit flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes, but not all types of vaping products.
More... (https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4892387-trump-vaping-ban-post/)
What could have caused this sudden reversal?
Yet Trump's new posture is consistent with the recent financial support he has received from the tobacco industry. As The Washington Post reported this week, the biggest corporate donor to the primary pro-Trump super PAC is a subsidiary of Reynolds American, the second-largest tobacco company in the country.
More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/21/trump-vaping-tobacco-lobbyist/)
His fulsome praise for vaping came just after a meeting with the head of the Vapor Technology Association, which describes itself as the leading vaping trade association, representing more than 100 members of the industry. The episode is a further illustration of the unexpected salience of tobacco in the bitterly contested 2024 campaign, raising questions about race, financial pressure and government regulation.
Now I see what caused it -- money in his pocket.
His post appears to flip-flop from actions he took when he was president. In 2020, the Trump administration announced a limited ban on mint and fruit flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes, but not all types of vaping products.
More... (https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4892387-trump-vaping-ban-post/)
What could have caused this sudden reversal?
Yet Trump's new posture is consistent with the recent financial support he has received from the tobacco industry. As The Washington Post reported this week, the biggest corporate donor to the primary pro-Trump super PAC is a subsidiary of Reynolds American, the second-largest tobacco company in the country.
More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/21/trump-vaping-tobacco-lobbyist/)
His fulsome praise for vaping came just after a meeting with the head of the Vapor Technology Association, which describes itself as the leading vaping trade association, representing more than 100 members of the industry. The episode is a further illustration of the unexpected salience of tobacco in the bitterly contested 2024 campaign, raising questions about race, financial pressure and government regulation.
Now I see what caused it -- money in his pocket.