The trend is rampant in nutrition science, but the tobacco industry paved the way for the practice by using biased science to discredit claims that smoking was addictive or caused cancer
Benefits: May reduce nicotine dependency, contains cannabinoids that some claim offer relaxation
Dylan Leischow, M.A., Economist, Office of Regulations, CTP, FDA Dr./Ms./Mr
On top of that, they're eco-friendly: Instead of throwing it out once it runs out of fuel, you can refill it an unlimited amount of times through the butane port at the base.
The number of current tobacco users dropped from 28.3% of the population, or 17.3 million Filipinos in 2009, to 23.8% or 16.6 million Filipinos in 2015, and finally to 19.5% or 15.1 million Filipinos in 2021