Even with heated tobacco products, the risks of secondhand smoke should be considered, and the same precautions as those for combustible cigarettes should be taken
A 2020 New York seizure of 6,267 cartons of cigarettes required a long-term investigation, including court-authorized search warrants, wiretaps, grand jury subpoenas, and other investigative tools.[2] A Wellesley Island Station Anti-Smuggling Unit, with the help of US Border Patrol agents, seized more than 1 million cigarettes (worth more than $300,000) in April 2024.[3] A 2023 New York City raid seized more than 1,800 cartons of cigarettes and $155,000 in cash.[4] But even when successful, policing smuggling is costly and only prohibits a drop of water in the East River of smuggling activity
Tobacco users are also three times more likely than non-users to get middle ear infections that can lead to further complications, such as meningitis and facial paralysis
These disinformation tactics are critical to understand because they have been used to push the entwined myths that we need pesticides to feed the world and that they are totally safe. Despite mounting scientific evidence of their harms to human health and the environment, pesticides have proliferated, with global usage up by about 80 percent since 1990
