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JTI calculates that in volume terms, in the UK, it is now bigger than any of the various price segments of the cigarette market

While this arrangement is mostly a risk to the investors, there has been speculation that states could be pressured to meet their payment obligations using general fund revenue in the event of significant MSA payment reductions

In fact, San Francisco-based Juul Labs, which commands 75% of the e-cig market, says in its mission statement that the company aims to eliminate cigarettes by giving adult smokers "the tools to reduce or eliminate their consumption entirely." In an emailed statement, Juul didn't directly address the decision by some of its users to revert to cigarettes, but again clung to the refrain that its products are "designed to help adult smokers switch from combustible cigarettes to an alternative nicotine delivery system." Ted Kwong, a Juul spokesman, said Juul is not designed to get people off nicotine or to treat nicotine dependence

The more interesting subject is how the public health case against menthol collides with concerns about the policing of black communities, placing progressives in the uncomfortable position of endorsing a new form of drug prohibition