FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Warnings Move Forward After Supreme Court Decision
The US Supreme Court has rejected a tobacco industry challenge to the FDA's rule requiring graphic health warnings for cigarette packs and ads.
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FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Warnings Move Forward After Supreme Court Decision
The US Supreme Court has rejected a tobacco industry challenge to the FDA’s rule requiring graphic health warnings for cigarette packs and ads.
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Santa Cruz County Bans Cigarette FiltersÂ
The board of supervisors of Santa Cruz County, Calif, finalized its approval of a ban on the sale of filtered cigarettes and cigars.
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FDA Tightens Age Rules for Certain Tobacco Sales Restrictions
Starting Sept 30, tobacco retailers must verify the age of anyone under 30, while vending machine sales will be restricted to 21-and-older facilities.Â
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Smoking Plus Vaping Quadruples Lung Cancer Risk, Study Reveals
Researchers say this is the first evidence that combining these habits significantly raises cancer risk.
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New WHO Summary Highlights Impact of Tobacco on Asthma Health
WHO releases a new knowledge summary highlighting the effects of tobacco use on asthma development and management.
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WHO Releases First Global Tobacco Cessation Guidelines
The new guidelines recommend a combination of behavioral support, digital cessation tools, and pharmacological treatments to aid tobacco cessation in adults.
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Increasing Varenicline Doses Yielded Greater Quit Rates
Smokers were more likely to quit on their second attempt if doses of the smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) were increased, a JAMA study revealed.
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Former Smokers Who Vape at Greater Risk of Lung Cancer
Former cigarette smokers who use e-cigarettes or vaping devices may be at higher risk for lung cancer than those who don’t vape, according to research presented at ATS 2024. Â
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UK Youth Cigarette Ban Passes First Vote
The United Kingdom’s proposed bill to outlaw the sale of cigarettes to any citizen born after 2008 passed its first vote in the British Parliament on April 16th.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Warnings
The US Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld graphic health warnings on cigarette packs and advertising required under a 2020 FDA rule.Â
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Massachusetts Court Upholds Town’s Ban on Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born This Century
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a law in the town of Brookline that bans the sale of tobacco products to anyone born on or after Jan 1, 2000.Â
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‘State of Tobacco Control’ Report Demands Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
The report calls on the White House to finalize long-awaited final rules that would end the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
Read More1-in-5 Adults Uses Tobacco, a Global Decline Since 2000
One-in-five adults worldwide consumed tobacco in 2022, compared to one-in-three in 2000, according to the World Health Organization.
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Joint Smoking of Marijuana and Cigarettes Escalates Emphysema Risk
New research challenges the common belief about marijuana’s harmlessness, exploring its combined effects with cigarette smoking on lung health.
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Smoking Hastens Aging, Study Finds
Researchers found that smoking significantly shortens telomeres—indicators of aging and cellular repair capability—and the more cigarettes consumed, the greater the shortening effect.
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Canada to Require Health Warnings on Individual Cigarettes
Canada will soon require that health warnings be printed directly on individual cigarettes, becoming the first country to take this approach.
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E-cigarettes: A Viable Option to Quit Smoking or a Controversial Alternative?
Nicotine e-cigarettes show potential in helping smokers quit, but health experts continue to caution against their use as smoking cessation aids.
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FDA to Reduce Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The US FDA plans to develop a proposed product standard that would reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products, the agency says.
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Graphic Warning Labels Led Smokers to Hide Cigarette Packs
Smokers in the United States who received cigarette packs with graphic warning labels hid their packs 38% more often, but stopped hiding their cigarettes when they returned to regular packs without the graphic warning labels.
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Tobacco Taxes Tied to Fewer Infant Deaths
Raising tobacco taxes is associated with a reduction in neonatal and infant mortality, according to an analysis of data from 159 countries published in Plos Global Public Health.
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Wearable Sensor Measures Airborne Nicotine Exposure from E-cigarettes
Researchers have developed a battery-free, wearable device that could monitor nicotine exposure from e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes in real-time, according to a report in ACS Sensors.
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New Zealand Introduces Cigarette Ban
New Zealand is phasing out the sale of cigarettes, under a law expected to be enacted next year.
Read MoreStudy: Smoking Risk Factors Among Transgender Adults
Transgender adults are twice as likely to smoke cigarettes than cisgender individuals, according to new research.
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Menthol Ban Would Save 650,000 Lives in the Next 40 Years
Banning menthol flavors in cigarettes could reduce smoking by 15% by having smokers quit tobacco or switch to vaping products, which would prevent 16,250 tobacco-related deaths per year by 2060.
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