Expert Interview Connie Ramos
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In 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, became the first city to prohibit the sale of tobacco products with a characterizing flavor, including, but not limited to, the tastes or aroma relating to any fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, herb, spice, dessert or alcoholic beverage
Orientals/Turkish This is a trickier area as the different strains of these tobaccos have widely varying flavors and aromas
For example, Thorotrast, a (incidentally radioactive) suspension previously used as a contrast medium in x-ray diagnostics, is a potent human carcinogen known because of its retention within various organs and persistent emission of alpha particles
They claim that the products mimic the experience of conventional combustible cigarettes, providing the taste of tobacco without smoke, ash, or odor, and thereby reducing the health risks of smoking cigarettes (165)