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Backfired
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Slow Burn, Think Twice, Fiasco – Leon Neyfakh has a clutch of quality podcasts in his back catalogue. Now his attention is on vaping, which he’s desperately trying to give up (he even gets caught at it by co-host Arielle Pardes). They tell the story of the quest for a cigarette that doesn’t kill you. What’s so thought-provoking is how the UK touts vaping as a tool to give up smoking, while the US tries to eradicate the habit with flavour bans. Hannah Verdier
