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It didn't start with vapes, addiction has been known for a long long time to be very lucrative. The opium wars are a not so distant historical example. Cigarett
by friend_and_foe 3y ago
It didn't start with vapes, addiction has been known for a long long time to be very lucrative. The opium wars are a not so distant historical example. Cigarette companies were the big boys in the 20th century, and they successfully turned food addictive in the 80s and 90s, to the point that now you can't buy anything packaged that isn't designed to be addictive. Vapes started as probably the least addictive addictive thing in legal trade, a stop smoking product and a very effective one at that. This phenomenon didn't start with elf bars.
- chihuahua 3y agoI can buy many food products that are packaged but not designed to be addictive. For example: oatmeal, canned tuna, pasta (dry), mustard, etc.
- dmonitor 3y agothose are more in the category of "food ingredients", not premade food items. although you might be surprised how much HFCS goes in condiments like ketchup
- steveklabnik 3y agoThe video does not claim that vapes have started this, only that they are emblematic of something that is happening to more and more industries. Cigarette companies are directly mentioned, as well as a minor bit about food. > a stop smoking product and a very effective one at that The complexity around this is one of the points in the video.