CLEVELAND, Ohio — Life expectancy in some Cleveland neighborhoods sits in the 60s, while residents in nearby inner-ring suburbs live into their 80s.
Cleveland’s director of public health says nicotine products including vapes, Zyn pouches, and nicotine crystals are among the factors driving that gap.
Dr. David Margolius, the city’s public health director, discussed the disparity in Episode 6 of Newsmakers.
‘Recruiting new customers’
Margolius said tobacco companies are not focused on helping people quit but on expanding their customer base, particularly among young people…