That's when the federal government continually tightened regulations on the placement and content of traditional tobacco advertisements -- mainly to reduce the exposure of children to such ads. It could make it harder for smokers to access vaping products and potentially incentivize smoking over vaping when smoking among adults has hit historic lowsVaping could be seen as the lesser of two evils. Some vaping advocates view e-cigarettes as a hero in the war against traditional smoking. There is also a general consensus in the public health community that vaping is almost certainly a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes -- for adults. But vaping products seem to be gaining more traction among teens than adult smokers.

Source: CNN December 17, 2018 17:22 UTC