Tar is the killer, not nicotine — AVI

Explainer release distinguishing nicotine (addictive but not the primary cause of smoking-related disease) from tar and combustion byproducts, quoting Samrat Chowdhery and tobacco-harm-reduction pioneer Michael Russell — “people smoke for nicotine but they die from the tar.” One of AVI’s earliest public statements, issued as states began banning ENDS.