What are reasons that prevent smokers from switching to e-cigarettes?

What are reasons that prevent smokers from switching to e-cigarettes?
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answer:Isn’t the fundamental question this: Knowing that cigarette are dangerous and ultimately will kill the smoker, why do people smoke in the first place? E-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes are just subsets of the same irrational habit.
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