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Are e-cigarette companies helping smokers quit? Survey suggests Americans don’t buy it

Nearly 60% of respondents said they do not believe the e-cigarette industry is working to “be part of the solution to reduce the health effects of smoking.”
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WASHINGTON — E-cigarette companies have been trying for years to rebrand as a public health solution to smoking. Most Americans aren’t buying it, a new survey from tobacco control advocates suggests.

Some 59% of Americans said they do not believe the industry is working to “be part of the solution to of 1,200 people conducted by the Truth Initiative and shared exclusively with STAT.

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