Regulatory ambiguity let e-cigarettes spread before rules were settled.

Evidence

E-cigarettes have become popular amid ambiguity about whether regulations governing traditional cigarettes apply to e-cigarettes as well. In a series of articles, Richtel reviewed at length the lively debates on what e-cigarettes should be called and whether they should be regulated and taxed. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1716

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1716
• XREF: connects to: Linguistic relabeling of e-cigarettes secured tobacco’s exemption from regulation. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1718
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Linguistic relabeling of e-cigarettes secured tobacco’s exemption from regulation. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1718