But new evidence depicts a Silicon Valley start-up that harvested the tobacco industry’s technical savvy to launch a 21st century nicotine arms race.
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The key ingredient: nicotine salts.
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They use softening chemicals to allow people to take deeper drags without vomiting or burning their throats.
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It was one of the various failed precursors to e-cigarettes over the past few decades. latimes.com/politics/story…
It was the same type of compound Juul ultimately used for its own products decades later. latimes.com/politics/story…
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