FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars
3 years, 11 months ago

FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars

NPR  

FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is moving to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, based on the evidence of the addictiveness and harm of the products. "Banning menthol — the last allowable flavor — in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products," acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement Thursday. The FDA said about 18.6 million people in the U.S. currently smoke menthol cigarettes, but their use is uneven: Almost 85% of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes, compared with 30% of white smokers. "For decades, data have shown that the tobacco industry has successfully and intentionally marketed mentholated cigarettes to African Americans and particularly African American women as 'replacement smokers'; that menthol smokers have a harder time quitting smoking; and that tobacco use is a major contributor to heart disease, cancer, and stroke – three leading causes of death among African Americans," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement. "The ban by the FDA is long overdue to protect the health of African Americans and to reduce the deleterious impact of menthol smoking and tobacco use overall on America's health," he said.

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Will non-addictive and easy-to-quit cigarettes be a reality?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Will non-addictive and easy-to-quit cigarettes be a reality?

Firstpost  

In the final days of President Joe Biden’s term, the US Food and Drug Administration has placed a proposal that could make cigarettes less addictive and simpler to quit. The agency says it will drastically reduce the amount of nicotine levels in cigarettes, most cigars and other combustible tobacco products sold nationwide. Reuters In the final days of the Biden …

FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon. The FDA has spent years studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers quit cigarettes …

Lower nicotine requirements in cigarettes could be coming soon
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lower nicotine requirements in cigarettes could be coming soon

NPR  

Lower nicotine requirements in cigarettes could be coming soon BSIP/Universal Images Group Editorial via Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration wants to limit nicotine in cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products, a move the outgoing Biden administration and anti-smoking advocates have said could make smoking a lot less addictive and easier to quit. Sponsor Message Moreover, she says, it …

In Biden administration’s final days, FDA advances proposal to set a nicotine limit on tobacco products
3 months, 2 weeks ago

In Biden administration’s final days, FDA advances proposal to set a nicotine limit on tobacco products

CNN  

CNN — As the Biden administration winds down, the US Food and Drug Administration has submitted a proposed rule that could significantly lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products and potentially prompt more people to quit smoking. “A proposed product standard to establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and certain combusted tobacco products, when …

Supreme Court wrestles with FDA’s attempt to curb access to flavored vapes
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court wrestles with FDA’s attempt to curb access to flavored vapes

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday pressed the Food and Drug Administration on whether it followed the law in its effort to keep flavored e-cigarettes off shelves, weighing a lawsuit from a multibillion-dollar industry that has come under scrutiny because its products are popular with school-aged children. At issue were a series of denials during the first year of …

FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential to help adult smokers
9 months, 1 week ago

FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential to help adult smokers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging that vaping flavors can reduce the harms of traditional tobacco smoking. The FDA said it authorized four menthol e-cigarettes from Njoy, the vaping brand recently acquired by tobacco giant Altria, which also sells Marlboro cigarettes. “FDA has once again failed American …

Biden delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes amid widespread opposition
11 months ago

Biden delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes amid widespread opposition

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Menthol Cigarettes “This decision prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives,” said Yolonda Richardson …

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
11 months ago

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

Hindustan Times  

President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying …

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
11 months ago

Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden’s administration is …

Biden SCRAPS plan to ban menthol cigarettes after political pressure that it would turn off black voters ahead of the 2024 election
11 months ago

Biden SCRAPS plan to ban menthol cigarettes after political pressure that it would turn off black voters ahead of the 2024 election

Daily Mail  

Experts previously told DailyMail.com that the ban would alienate black voters who have been drifting away from the president in polling After dragging the process out for months, the administration is expected to announce the reversal on Friday The White House is scrapping a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes to avoid angering black voters months before the 2024 election. Experts …

Biden admin postpones ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes
11 months ago

Biden admin postpones ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider feedback, including from …

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
11 months ago

Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

LA Times  

President Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider feedback, including from civil rights groups. …

If Biden bans menthol cigarettes, it might be very good for Trump.
11 months, 3 weeks ago

If Biden bans menthol cigarettes, it might be very good for Trump.

Slate  

Antismoking groups have been pressuring Joe Biden for years to ban menthol cigarettes. But there are also concerns that the goals of the ban would be undermined by the FDA’s restrictions on safer alternatives like flavored e-cigarettes, which would incentivize illicit markets, make menthol smokers more likely to stick with conventional cigarettes, and potentially subject the ban to legal challenge. …

Lockdown saw surge in lighting up cigars, especially among young people
1 year ago

Lockdown saw surge in lighting up cigars, especially among young people

The Telegraph  

The number has fallen to 1.68 per cent since, according to the latest figures in September 2023, accounting for around 773,000 people. But scientists are most concerned by the rise in use among young adults, with 3.2 per cent of 18-year-olds smoking the products in September 2023, up from just 0.19 per cent a decade earlier, according to the study. …

Chuck Schumer on Zyn: Actually, Majorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson are right.
1 year, 1 month ago

Chuck Schumer on Zyn: Actually, Majorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson are right.

Slate  

At a press conference last week, Sen. Chuck Schumer called on federal agencies to investigate and crack down on Zyn, an oral nicotine product that most Americans have never used and likely have never heard of. Fellow Georgia Rep. Mike Collins posted a meme riffing on the “come and take it” flag, a symbol of the Texas Revolution, replacing the …

Hoping to chip away at Biden’s Black vote, conservative group to test menthol cigarette message in South Carolina primary
1 year, 2 months ago

Hoping to chip away at Biden’s Black vote, conservative group to test menthol cigarette message in South Carolina primary

CNN  

CNN — In the lead-up to the South Carolina primary, a conservative group is eyeing the state as a valuable testing ground for messages opposing the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposed menthol cigarette ban, something they hope will chip away at President Joe Biden’s Black vote. Biden has yet to decide on whether to approve the FDA’s proposed ban …

Biden administration must decide soon on menthol cigarettes or risk proposed ban going up in smoke, advocates say
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden administration must decide soon on menthol cigarettes or risk proposed ban going up in smoke, advocates say

CNN  

CNN — Health advocates and activists plan to intensify their push for a ban on menthol cigarettes this week, ratcheting up pressure on the White House ahead of what they say is a critical deadline. Goodwin and health advocates pushing for the ban told CNN that if the White House does not at least make an internal decision this week …

Illegal e-cigarettes are flooding the ports in Southern California and beyond
1 year, 2 months ago

Illegal e-cigarettes are flooding the ports in Southern California and beyond

LA Times  

Disposable flavored e-cigarettes are displayed at a store in Florida. “FDA whacks one product and then the manufacturers get around it and the kids get around it,” said Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, a Stanford University psychologist who develops anti-vaping educational materials. “Those committing illegal acts don’t advertise their crimes, and those trying to import illegal tobacco products into the United States are …

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates
1 year, 3 months ago

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates

NPR  

White House delays menthol cigarette ban, alarming anti-smoking advocates Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP WASHINGTON — White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. health regulators to ban menthol cigarettes, an unexpected delay that anti-tobacco groups fear could scuttle the long-awaited rule. "Any delay in finalizing the FDA's menthol rule …

Dozens of health organizations pledge ‘full support’ for federal ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
1 year, 4 months ago

Dozens of health organizations pledge ‘full support’ for federal ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

CNN  

CNN — Eighty national public health groups, including the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Preventative Medicine, placed a full-page ad in Sunday’s edition of the Washington Post in support of a federal ban on menthol in cigarettes and all flavored cigars. The FDA and White House have our …

Thousands of e-cigarettes are pouring into the US despite FDA crackdown on fruity flavors
1 year, 9 months ago

Thousands of e-cigarettes are pouring into the US despite FDA crackdown on fruity flavors

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Time and again, the vaping industry has innovated around …

New Camel, Newport, Kool cigarettes may violate California’s flavored tobacco ban, AG says
1 year, 10 months ago

New Camel, Newport, Kool cigarettes may violate California’s flavored tobacco ban, AG says

LA Times  

A man smokes an e-cigarette. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and ITG Brands received letters dated April 25 from the Tobacco Unit of the California Department of Justice notifying the companies that packaging and promotional materials for nine reformulated versions of Camel, Newport and Kool cigarettes violated the state law and were presumed to be flavored. The 2022 law banned the …

US tobacco control in 2022 gets a mixed review from the American Lung Association
2 years, 2 months ago

US tobacco control in 2022 gets a mixed review from the American Lung Association

CNN  

CNN — Although fewer US adults are smoking cigarettes than ever, smoking remains the cause of the most preventable disability and death, and the nation’s smoking regulations are getting mixed grades from the American Lung Association. The association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report, published Wednesday, gives the federal government an A grade for its media campaigns that encourage people …

Flavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids
2 years, 2 months ago

Flavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd. For decades, health advocates have chided the tobacco industry for marketing harmful nicotine products to children, resulting in more cities and states, like New York, …

Anti-smoking push: Menthol cigarettes banned and cigarettes wrapped in 'ugly colours'
2 years, 3 months ago

Anti-smoking push: Menthol cigarettes banned and cigarettes wrapped in 'ugly colours'

Daily Mail  

Menthol and other flavoured cigarettes will be banned in Australia, each individual cigarette will have its own health warning and will come in 'uglier' colours as part of the government's efforts to curb the habit. The moves are among sweeping new anti-smoking laws announced by Federal Health Minister Mark Butler on Wednesday, which will Mr Butler also flagged that cigarette …

Endorsement: Flavored tobacco products kill. Vote yes on Proposition 31
2 years, 6 months ago

Endorsement: Flavored tobacco products kill. Vote yes on Proposition 31

LA Times  

In 2020, the California Legislature approved a ban on sales of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. Studies have shown year after year that the vast majority of tobacco users under 18 first tried flavored tobacco products. It’s also why dozens of cities, including San Francisco and San Jose, have enacted bans on flavored tobacco; Los Angeles’ ban is …

FDA, Juul: why the ban is bad news for public health.
55 years, 2 months ago

FDA, Juul: why the ban is bad news for public health.

Slate  

It started with a plan to curb deaths from tobacco. Combined with a broad failure to authorize other brands of e-cigarettes—the agency has authorized only a handful, and none in flavors other than tobacco—these decisions reveal an agency that is eager to simply ever further restrict tobacco and nicotine products, rather than allow smokers and vapers to choose from the …

Editorial: The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes
2 years, 9 months ago

Editorial: The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

LA Times  

Take a deep breath, America. Voices Editorial: Banning menthol cigarettes is a racial justice issue Banning the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars this year is the single most important step the federal agency has taken reduce the deadly impact of tobacco use in the U.S., particularly on Black Americans. And young smokers — teens and young adults — …

Los Angeles will clamp down on selling flavored tobacco products
2 years, 9 months ago

Los Angeles will clamp down on selling flavored tobacco products

LA Times  

Los Angeles will ban many businesses from selling tobacco products that come in sweet, spicy and minty flavors under new restrictions backed Wednesday by the City Council. The new rules were celebrated by public health advocates and community groups that argue that tobacco products with appealing flavors — including menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars and liquid pods for electronic cigarettes — …

US Wants to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Here's Why
2 years, 10 months ago

US Wants to Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Here's Why

News 18  

The US Food and Drug Administration has recently proposed new rules to impose a ban on menthol and all flavoured cigarettes. As per the FDA, it was found that menthol cigarettes have a high usage rate among African Americans, especially youth and young adults. And, the combination of the smoothness, pleasing flavour, and enhanced addiction increases the likelihood that most …

Explained: Why the US FDA wants to ban menthol cigarettes
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained: Why the US FDA wants to ban menthol cigarettes

Firstpost  

Menthol reduces the harshness of cigarette smoking, making it more palatable for new smokers. People who smoke these cigarettes smoke longer over their lifetimes and are less likely to quit The FDA has opened the public comment period for the agency’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. The prevalence of menthol cigarette smoking, however, has remained relatively constant since 2000, which …

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes
2 years, 11 months ago

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes

NPR  

How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes Enlarge this image toggle caption Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising There's an ad for Newport cigarettes from 2011 that features a young Black couple, smiling and flirting over a plate of burger and fries. Sponsor Message "It's a long …

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars
2 years, 11 months ago

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. For now, FDA leaders said they will take comments for two months and then proceed “as expeditiously as possible.” Altria, which sells menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, said it disagreed with the ban. …

The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes
2 years, 11 months ago

The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes

NPR  

The FDA is proposing a ban on menthol cigarettes Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Chiu/AP Jeff Chiu/AP The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and all cigar flavorings, except for tobacco flavor, the agency said Thursday. "The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers …

FDA releases plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
2 years, 11 months ago

FDA releases plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

LA Times  

The FDA released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars on Thursday. The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. “Menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars are the main vectors of those diseases in the Black and brown communities, and have …

Plan to ban menthol cigarettes prompts late lobbying blitz
2 years, 11 months ago

Plan to ban menthol cigarettes prompts late lobbying blitz

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As federal officials finalize a long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes, dozens of interest groups have met with White House staffers to try to influence the process, which has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives while wiping out billions in tobacco sales. Al Sharpton warned officials that the FDA’s plan would “exacerbate existing, simmering issues …

FDA to gain power to regulate synthetic nicotine starting April 14
2 years, 11 months ago

FDA to gain power to regulate synthetic nicotine starting April 14

Daily Mail  

The Food and Drug Administration will gain the power to regulate synthetic nicotine on Thursday, potentially opening the door for a full fledged ban of flavored e-cigarettes in the United States. The FDA will gain the power to start regulating, and potentially banning, the use of synthetic nicotine starting Thursday Last year, the FDA banned the use of refillable mint …

Will a New Study on Menthol Cigarettes’ Harm to Black Americans Finally Push the FDA to Act?
55 years, 2 months ago

Will a New Study on Menthol Cigarettes’ Harm to Black Americans Finally Push the FDA to Act?

Slate  

Tobacco researchers have known for decades that mentholated cigarettes do outsized harm to Black Americans. According to the study, there were 157,000 smoking-related premature deaths among Black Americans, and 1.5 million years of life lost, due to menthol smoking between 1980 and 2018. The researchers believe this is the first scientific study to quantify the specific level of damage that …

Ban on flavoured tobacco products or vaping might lead teens to smoke cigarettes
3 years, 10 months ago

Ban on flavoured tobacco products or vaping might lead teens to smoke cigarettes

Hindustan Times  

When San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure banning the sale of flavoured tobacco products in 2018, public health advocates celebrated. Ban on flavoured tobacco products or vaping might lead teens to smoke cigarettes But according to a new study from the Yale School of Public Health, that law may have had the opposite effect. Analyses found that, after …

Addicted to menthol: Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black communities could soon end
3 years, 10 months ago

Addicted to menthol: Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black communities could soon end

LA Times  

Debra Lewis, 62, has smoked menthol cigarettes for 40 years and has tried to quit repeatedly. “For far too long, certain populations, including African Americans, have been targeted, and disproportionately impacted by tobacco use,” Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said in a news release. “I know a lot of people when they got clean they …

Editorial: Banning menthol cigarettes is a racial justice issue
3 years, 11 months ago

Editorial: Banning menthol cigarettes is a racial justice issue

LA Times  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement Thursday that it was moving to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars this year is not just the single most important step the federal agency has taken reduce the deadly impact of tobacco use in the U.S. It’s also one that comes with significant racial justice implications. The African American …

US vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars
3 years, 11 months ago

US vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators pledged again Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among Black smokers. Company documents released via 1990s litigation also show companies viewed menthol cigarettes as good “starter” products because they were more palatable for teenagers. Companies shifted more promotions to retail …

FDA vows to push ban on menthol cigarettes, a move it says could save Black lives
3 years, 11 months ago

FDA vows to push ban on menthol cigarettes, a move it says could save Black lives

LA Times  

The FDA says it will move again to try to ban menthol tobacco cigarettes and flavored cigars, a step the agency said would significantly prevent death and disease, particularly among Black Americans. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it would move to ban menthol tobacco cigarettes and flavored cigars, a historic step the agency said would significantly prevent …

Tobacco industry could ask California voters to overturn ban on flavored tobacco sales
4 years, 7 months ago

Tobacco industry could ask California voters to overturn ban on flavored tobacco sales

LA Times  

California voters could be asked to overturn a new law banning the sale of flavored tobacco after opponents notified the state Monday of plans to seek a referendum on the measure. The adults who are hooked on nicotine aren’t enough for Big Tobacco; it wants our kids too.” The new law bans the retail sale of flavored tobacco products including …

California bans flavored tobacco sales in response to a surge in teen use
4 years, 7 months ago

California bans flavored tobacco sales in response to a surge in teen use

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday that outlaws the retail sale of flavored tobacco products in California after condemning the tobacco industry for targeting young people. “It will be a point of deep pride and personal privilege, as a father of four and as someone who has had many, many family members die at the hands of the tobacco …

Proposed California ban on flavored tobacco sales sparks discussion of systemic racism
4 years, 7 months ago

Proposed California ban on flavored tobacco sales sparks discussion of systemic racism

LA Times  

Supporters of legislation to ban the sale of flavored tobacco in California are speaking out against a new advertising campaign from tobacco companies that claims the bill discriminates against Black and Latino smokers, saying that the ads disingenuously portray the industry as an ally of communities of color. The tobacco industry ad, which calls the bill “politics at its worst,” …

Ban on flavored tobacco sales is approved by California Assembly
4 years, 7 months ago

Ban on flavored tobacco sales is approved by California Assembly

LA Times  

California retail stores would be banned from selling menthol cigarettes if legislation advanced Monday by the state Assembly is approved by the Senate and the governor. The California Assembly on Monday approved a ban on the retail sale of flavored tobacco products in the state, with supporters saying it is needed to reduce smoking and vaping by minors and others …

How banning menthols could improve Black Americans' health
4 years, 7 months ago

How banning menthols could improve Black Americans' health

LA Times  

Recall with us the chilling scene in the 1972 film “The Godfather” in which a Mafia don prohibits his people from selling drugs to anyone except “the dark people, the coloreds — they’re animals anyway, so let them lose their souls.” As the California Legislature considers a bill prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco products, will it show the same …

Banning flavored cigarettes significantly reduced youth smoking, study finds
4 years, 8 months ago

Banning flavored cigarettes significantly reduced youth smoking, study finds

Salon  

A new study reveals that a 2009 decision by the United States Food and Drug Administration to ban flavored cigarettes caused a significant reduction in smoking among younger people. "The flavor ban was associated with statistically significant immediate increases as well as reductions over time" in the use of cigarettes by young adults and youth, wrote researchers from George Mason …

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