I made it a priority during my time in Congress to try to spare others from the suffering. We've made significant progress in reducing smoking over the last several decades. After I passed legislation banning smoking on airplanes, it turned out to be a tipping point. And increasingly, we've seen tobacco and cigarettes disappear from public spaces. But Big Tobacco did not dissipate like a cloud of smoke. They rebranded with flashy new products, vaping and E cigarettes. (00:32–00:39)
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Asserts that legislation banning smoking on airplanes was a tipping point in reducing smoking.
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