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Its hard to overstate the importance of tobacco in the North Carolina economy. Caswell County, a northern North Carolina county that still produces tobacco, was the choice of JTI Japan Tobacco International to be one of three tobacco-region counties, along with Halifax and Pittsylvania counties in Virginia, in its pilot program, phase one of a $300,000 project

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A separate study found that youth who had previously used e- cigarettes were more than four times more likely to ever use cigarettes compared to peers with no prior tobacco use

Another study published in Tobacco Control underscores these concerns: Just as e-cigarettes, particularly the J UUL-style, promoted with a modern, high-tech image and harm reduction and smokeless messages, appeal to adolescents, it is likely that IQOS, marketed in a similar manner, will also appeal to adolescents. To prevent youth access to IQOS and exposure to its advertising and promotion, the FDA is placing restrictions on how the products are marketed especially through websites and social media and requiring that advertising is targeted to adults