Answer: Tax revenue from tobacco sales.
Vaping is not taxed yet. But it will be. Studies apparently show that vaping will pass the tobacco industry sometime in the early 2020’s as the number one way people consume nicotine.
First it was e-cigs, and now everywhere I go I see at least half of the people in any group of smokers using a vape.
No smoke = no tar, no tar = better on body. Also the liquid used in vapes has about 100* less chemicals in it, then cigarettes do. If the government really cared they would be pushing vapes as a much less harmful alternative to smoking.
But it’s not about public health. It’s about career politician health and their big business tobacco kickbacks and tax revenue.
BTTT.