The secret money trail behind vaping
E-cigarettes are supposed to stop people smoking - but the money trail shows big tobacco is all over the push to legalise vaping.
Senator Hollie Hughes insists vaping is the key to weaning smokers from tobacco putting her in opposition to almost all senior health officials in Australia. Alex Ellinghausen
By the evening of October 5, Liberal senator Hollie Hughes knew she had the numbers for her biggest political coup – the establishment of a Senate inquiry that she would chair into the e-cigarette industry.
After months of wrangling, she was ready to celebrate – over drinks with two British American Tobacco lobbyists.
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