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By diverting a drivers hands away from the steering wheel and their eyes from the road, smoking contributes to a heightened risk of accidents as attention wavers between smoking and driving

But it was also in New York City that Ed Bernays unleashed his enduring 1929 media stunt on an Easter Sunday Parade: He paid debutantes to march down Broadway and smoke their Torches of Freedom! Even feminist activist Ruth Hale got behind this stunt

Furthermore, while the risks of smoking are widely known, research indicates that knowledge of vaping risks among consumers is substantially less, and many see it as having minimal health risks