While the smoking rate has dropped dramatically since 1964, when the first surgeon general's report declared tobacco deadly, progress has stalled in the past decade
So far, the research is showing that e-cigarettes are not a safe alternative, Evans said
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The original strategy was to try to sell them as healthier than unfiltered cigarettes, but the advertising agency, Leo Burnett Worldwide, ultimately went in another, more successful direction, by ignoring the health implications entirely and selling a lifestyle instead