I've never heard this before. The only artificial smoke (liquid smoke) I'm aware of is used by food processors that want to give foods that smokey flavor, or bottles of liquid smoke to add to your recipes. To answer your question though, if my favorite English/Balkan blends used an artificial Latakia flavor I would have to try it before deciding to hate it or not.
This is why I don't use Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and YouTube for news and information. I don't use FB and Tik Tok at all and only use Instagram and YT for entertainment only. Many people on social media take half-truths, misinformation, straight up lies, and conspiracy theories and plaster them all over the internet because they love to create chaos or they're too stupid to really understand what's going on.
This is why I don't use Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, and YouTube for news and information. I don't use FB and Tik Tok at all and only use Instagram and YT for entertainment only. Many people on social media take half-truths, misinformation, straight up lies, and conspiracy theories and plaster them all over the internet because they love to create chaos or they're too stupid to really understand what's going on.