There's not really any evidence, but it's easy to draw a line between when the media hysteria whipped up and when the tobacco industry got approval to sell thei

There's not really any evidence, but it's easy to draw a line between when the media hysteria whipped up and when the tobacco industry got approval to sell their heated tobacco product in the US. Also, there's every reason to believe that the tobacco industry would hugely benefit from vaping (an industry they have a small chunk of) going away and being replaced with heated tobacco (an industry they would own).