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Atlantic City casinos employees want action on smoking ban bill By David Danzis and Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal February 4, 2025- Casino employees in Atlantic City are demanding action after a year of inactivity on the part of New Jersey lawmakers to ban smoking inside their workplaces. In January 2023, a state Senate health committee... View Article
Trump administration withdraws proposed menthol ban
By Jen Christensen, CNN January 24, 2025- The Trump administration has withdrawn the proposed rule that would ban menthol in cigarettes and flavored cigars according to the regulatory docket. A menthol ban is something that the US Food and Drug Administration under the Biden administration had said was a “top priority.” It sent the final version of... View Article
By Joel Mathis, The Week January 21, 2025- Cigarettes were once ubiquitous in American life. That’s changed over the last 50 years as tobacco advertising disappeared from the airwaves and a massive health campaign discouraged Americans from smoking. Now cigarettes themselves might be all but regulated out of existence. Nicotine levels in cigarettes would be “drastically lowered”... View Article
FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers
By Matthew Perrone, AP News January 16, 2025- Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration OK’d 10 Zyn flavors, including coffee, mint and menthol. It’s the first time regulators have authorized sales of... View Article
Sale of menthols, flavored vape products would be banned in WA under proposed bill
By Helen Smith, K5 January 9, 2025- A bill filed for consideration by Washington lawmakers would ban the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products...
US teen drug, alcohol and tobacco use continues to decline
By Marina Dunbar, The Guardian January 5, 2025- Drug and alcohol use among teenagers has continued to decline, according to a new study, continuing a...
For young users, tobacco packets like Zyn are a nicotine trend that just won’t quit
By Jen Christensen, CNN December 30, 2024- Tiny packets of nicotine have quickly become a big problem for parents and schools. They’re available at gas...
