{"id":118807,"date":"2023-09-16T18:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118807"},"modified":"2023-09-16T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T18:59:08","slug":"wwes-hulk-hogan-and-boxer-mike-tyson-slated-for-branded-e-cigs-that-hook-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/wwes-hulk-hogan-and-boxer-mike-tyson-slated-for-branded-e-cigs-that-hook-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE’s Hulk Hogan and boxer Mike Tyson slated for branded e-cigs that ‘hook kids’"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWE's Hulk Hogan and former boxer Mike Tyson have been slammed after promoting e-cigarettes that get young people "hooked".<\/p>\n

The sporting legends have both advertised the flavoured nicotine products via their respective brands Immortal by Hulk Hogan and Tyson 2.0 over the past year, the New York Post reports.<\/p>\n

The vapes were branded with colourful packaging and exciting designs and have a variety of sweet and fruit flavours including apple gummies, strawberry shortcake and cotton candy, which critics say appeal to a younger audience.<\/p>\n

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"Flavour hooks kids on these products," said Meredith Berkman, cofounder of the US-based advocacy group Parents Against Vaping e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n

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Berkman added it was "disheartening" to see the two athletes using "their likeness to market flavoured poison."<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Jim Carroll, former director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under ex-President Donald Trump, added: "For so-called celebrities to be promoting products that are dangerous for kids is a sad day."<\/p>\n

A google search for Tyson-branded e-cigarettes brings up the website VapeTyson, which bears the catchy slogan: "Tyson vapes: the ultimate choice for champions."<\/p>\n

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