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By Adam Cancryn and Lauren Gardner, Politico April 14, 2025- The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month fired dozens of staffers responsible for going after retailers who illegally sell tobacco to minors. Now it’s begging them to come back. Senior FDA officials asked laid-off employees in recent days to temporarily return after mass cuts... View Article

By Lily Wright, This is Reno April 13, 2025- Across the world, smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. Of the 7 million deaths that occur annually because of tobacco, more than 18% are caused by secondhand smoke exposure. In Nevada, smoking is prevalent in part because of smoking in casinos and relaxed exemptions... View Article

North American Quitline Consortium, April 8, 2025 Massive job cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the elimination of CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) will dramatically reduce resources to help people quit smoking, leading to higher rates of tobacco use and costs to care for tobacco-caused chronic disease. For 25... View Article

By McKenna Ross, Las Vegas Review-Journal April 7, 2025- Nevada could permanently ban the sale of cigarettes to people born after Dec. 31, 2004 — except at some casinos — in a sweeping effort to cut down on future combustible tobacco use. Assembly Bill 279’s restrictions on the sale of cigarettes to people turning 21... View Article