Vocal Fry is responsible for the constipated sound that so many women employ in public speaking. It's the vocal equivalent of bad posture. The poor speaking skills on display in aural media these days are the partner of the bad writing and typos that we are subjected to in print media.
No, they make poor nicotine addicts buy cheaper cigarettes, but being addicts, they continue to consume with fatal results. The government won't protect us from the poisoners who manufacture cigarettes, not will it protect us from predatory lenders. But it presumes to protect us from the flu and the whole planet's climate.
Hear! Hear!