Past Contest Entries

When the Smoke Clears

The story explores whether e-cigarettes are a silver bullet for people who want to quit smoking or the latest ploy by Big Tobacco to get more people addicted to nicotine, including kids – how they are characterized will determine how they are regulated and marketed. It took 50 years to find out that cigarettes cause cancer, but we don’t have 50 years to find out what the long-term effects of e-cigarettes will be.