Who Benefits from the Status Quo? - Part 1
July 10, 2026 by substack.com
Who Benefits from the Status Quo? - Part 1
The status quo in tobacco policy has winners — and they are rarely the smokers who need better options. When cigarettes remain easy to buy while safer nicotine products are restricted, taxed or stigmatised, the market continues to favour combustion. Public health should ask who benefits when harm reduction is blocked and misinformation spreads. A system that preserves cigarette use while limiting alternatives is not neutral; it protects the most harmful product by default.
