Main competitors Japan Tobacco (JT) and British American Tobacco (BAT) soon both rolled out their own respective devices, too, causing a surprising development
He writes that tobacco companies decided to keep the filters as a marketing tool, while ensuring that smokers still received the crucial nicotine hit

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While many smokers making the switch actually favour this throat hit to create a sensation similar to smoking, some new vapers had to settle for lower nicotine levels that just didnt cut it, sending them right back to cigarettes
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