The issue has surfaced at a time of growing concern over the high rate of smoking - related deaths among Washington's black population, as well as anger nationally
over cigarette manufacturers» efforts to entice young blacks and women to smoke.
If the prospect of a personal injury claim against an e-cigarette
manufacturer seems too remote a prospect at present, it is perhaps more certain that «big tobacco» will be back in court
over the next 12 months, with BAT promising to resist any legislation for plain packaging of conventional
cigarettes, and to counter moves to more closely regulate e-cigarette marketing.