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The tobacco industry has, and continues to, disproportionately target the LGBTQ+, Black, and Hispanic/Latino communities with advertising, coupons, and flavored products
A typewriter used by Brian is in league with that but Sheppard reveals that it's more a character choice, a conscious choice by Brian to force struggle upon himself
Whats more, the vials of candy-flavored nicotine juice can be enticing but deadly for little kids and pets
it is morally indefensible, since it means that cigarette smokers who could dramatically reduce the health risks they face by switching to a less hazardous source of nicotine can be denied that option based on the FDA's prophecy of how other people will behave