California doubles down on flavored tobacco products ban
By Brian Day, Desert Sun October 2, 2024- Newly signed legislation seeks to snuff out out the sales of flavored tobacco products in California by enacting additional penalties and restrictions on the already-banned items. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 3218 into law over the weekend, which was meant to strengthen the state’s five-year-old ban on sales of... View Article
Biden administration still wants to ban menthol cigarettes, official says
By Alexander Tin, CBS News September 11, 2024- The Food and Drug Administration’s top tobacco official said Monday that the Biden administration is still pursuing its proposal to ban menthol flavored cigarettes, months after advocacy groups accused the White House of quashing the rule because of the looming election. “I just want to start and reinforce... View Article
Are teens finally ditching vaping? New data show lowest levels in a decade
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News September 5, 2024- Youth vaping levels fell to the lowest in a decade this year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. E-cigarette use among middle and high school students dropped from 2.13 million students in 2023 to 1.63... View Article
Vapes: Supreme Court will decide if FDA unfairly blocked marketing of flavored e-cigarettes
By Maureen Grope, USA Today July 2, 2024- Jimmy The Juice Man Peachy Strawberry? Suicide Bunny Mother’s Milk and Cookies? Killer Kustard Blueberry? The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will decide if the federal government is unfairly blocking the marketing of flavored e-cigarettes. The industry contends the Food and Drug Administration has imposed a de... View Article
How Black activists became defenders of Big Tobacco
By Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post June 21, 2024- In 2022, Earl Fowlkes, a Black gay activist, denounced tobacco companies for marketing e-cigarettes to his community as...
FDA sign-off on menthol e-cigarettes ‘flies in the face of public health,’ anti-tobacco groups say
By Jen Christensen, CNN June 21, 2024- Four menthol vaping products were authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday, the first non-tobacco-flavored...
Biden administration delays plans to ban menthol cigarettes
By Rebecca Cohen, NBC News April 26- The Biden Administration has delayed plans to ban menthol cigarettes, a proposal announced by the Food and Drug...
OPINION: Banning menthol is critical to public health, including for Hispanic and Latino communities
By Jose Cucalon Calderon, The Nevada Independent April 21, 2024- One of the most critical steps the Biden administration can take to improve public health...
Lawsuit seeks to force ban on menthol cigarettes after months of delays by Biden administration
By Matthew Perrone, AP (as seen on ABC News) April 2- Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes,...
Biden administration US ban on menthol cigarettes delayed
By Reuters April 1- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to ban menthol flavored cigarettes in the United States faced another setback, according to...
