Vivek Murthy issued a new advisory highlighting health disparities in tobacco use despite the fact that cigarette smoking has declined in recent decades. The report found unequal progress in ...
Context: The global tobacco epidemic may kill 10 million people annually in the next 20–30 years ... Waterpipe smoke contains harmful constituents and there is preliminary evidence linking waterpipe ...
Raising tobacco taxes is insufficient because the cost of health care due to smoking-related diseases twice exceeds tobacco tax profits. Why should we pay for what is killing our teenagers softly?” ...
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The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge from major tobacco companies to the Food and Drug Administration’s requirement that they place graphic health warnings on cigarette packages ...
The FDA required that warnings about the risks of smoking occupy the top 50% of cigarette ... of smoking violate the free speech rights of tobacco companies opposed to the labels.
Studies have shown that images work even better than text warnings in cutting down smoking rates. In a statement, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids called the Supreme Court's dismissal of the ...
Anyone born after 1 January 2009 will also be prevented from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can be bought. The sale of all vaping and nicotine products to those ...
"Illicit smoking and vaping ... said illicit "chop chop" tobacco was not regulated and posed major health risks. "People think they're going down a healthier natural pathway, but nothing could ...