$10,000 OK’d to fight tobacco aimed at youths
CLEARFIELD — Countering the tobacco industry’s efforts to market flavored tobacco and nicotine candy products is going to cost the Davis County Health Department thousands of dollars. However, the...
View ArticleMenthol makes it easier to keep smoking
WASHINGTON Adding menthol to cigarettes may increase the likelihood of addiction and make it easier for young people to start smoking, according to preliminary findings of a Food and Drug...
View ArticleNew Democrats introduce bill to improve and extend ban on flavoured tobacco...
OTTAWA – Today Megan Leslie, New Democrat Critic for Health, announced the introduction of legislation, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act (smokeless tobacco and little cigars). Leslie was joined at the...
View ArticleTeen Use Of Menthol Cigarettes On the Rise
The use of menthol cigarettes is rising among adolescents and is “very high” among minority youth, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said in partial draft report released Monday. The...
View ArticleTobacco cos: Menthol cigs don’t pose greater risk
Menthol cigarettes aren’t riskier than regular cigarettes and shouldn’t be regulated any differently, the tobacco industry argues in a report to the Food and Drug Administration. The industry is...
View ArticleFDA considers ban on menthol cigarette sales
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel urged a ban on menthol cigarettes because they believe a ban would be beneficial to public health. With their enticing cool and minty flavor, discount...
View ArticleShares in menthol tobacco company soar after federal panel’s findings
A federal panel ruled on Friday that the removal of cheap menthol cigarettes brands from sale would be beneficial to United States public health, but fell short of recommending such action. The...
View ArticleBlumenthal Pushes To Remove Menthol Cigarettes
HARTFORD,Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal encouraged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to protect public health by removing menthol cigarettes from the marketplace. The Tobacco Products...
View ArticleWhy we need a ban on menthol cigarettes
No action the Food and Drug Administration and the Obama administration could take would do more to save lives, reduce health-care costs and curb the tobacco industry’s exploitation of children and...
View ArticleVote about tobacco ban on Ohio college campuses planned
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio higher education officials plan a vote Monday urging the state’s public campuses to ban tobacco use. That would include Ohio State, one of the nation’s largest universities, which...
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