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So I have read many scholarly articles on tobacco companies and have come to the conclusion that your grandpa was right and that they are shady af. While not finding any evidence on them using fillers to lower production cost, it is 100% something up their alley of doing. Here are some interesting quotes I found,

“The tobacco companies have been consistently deceptive over the long term about their motivations and activities [ 8] , complicating ethical analyses. They are governed by the profit imperative and legally mandated to maximize shareholder value [ 9] , and not to act in the public interest.”

That quote is about them funding ‘studies’ that e-cigarettes are a-okay because they realize that public opinion is turning away from traditional forms of tobacco and they still want to find a way to stay relevant and make a profit.

“The tobacco industry has been well aware that much of the scientific research it commissioned was doubtful and usually geared toward thwarting liability claims and developing a strong public relations front.”

“Associates for Research into the Science of Enjoyment (ARISE) is a nonprofit organization primarily funded by tobacco industry companies and led by psychologist David Warburton of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. The group's stated purpose is to "discuss the ways in which 'everyday pleasures' such as eating chocolate, smoking, drinking tea, coffee, and alcohol, contribute to the quality of life."( n19) Warburton is frequently cited by the tobacco companies as the primary support for their claim that nicotine is not addictive”

“The tobacco industry's heavy financial support of this group also makes the objectivity of their research questionable. For example, a member of ARISE, Dale Atrens, testified in a smoking case on behalf of British American Tobacco's Australian subsidiary, WD&HO Wills, that research did not persuade him that smoking causes cancer.”

These three lovely quotes have to do with tobacco companies paying the big bucks for fancy lawyers and using ‘junk science’ with so-called ‘expert witnesses’ so they win cases in court.

Other things I found was that they didn’t start getting big regulations until the 90s, meaning they would have been doing questionable things while your grandpa was working there.

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