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Filter | harm reduction journalism 3 days ago

New study gets attention for finding vape taxes won't boost smoking. But it "rests on a major limitation: measuring what consumers say they'd do, not what they actually do," writes researcher Jason Semprini. "That distinction matters ... Real-world evidence points overwhelmingly in one direction."

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Vape Taxes Won’t Increase Smoking, Study Claims. Here’s the Problem. The research has gained attention, but real-world evidence shows the opposite—and should always outweigh a choice experiment. https://filtermag.org/vape-taxes-smoking-study/