Category: Policy
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Belgium leads the way in banning disposable e-cigarettes in 2024
“From Jan. 1, it will be forbidden to sell single-use vapes in Belgium, a bid to protect young people’s health as part of a national anti-tobacco plan. The European Union aims to achieve a tobacco-free generation by 2040, reducing the 27-country bloc’s smoking population from around 25% now to less than 5% of the total.”…
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California Legislator Jacqui Irwin introduces AB 762 to ban single-use disposable vaping products
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article300590274.html Following the lead of other nations and states in America. “Irwin’s bill would ban the sale of all single-use vapes in the state, and provides cities, counties and the state with the legal teeth to enforce that ban with fines starting at $500 per violation.”
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A critical analysis of Altria’s future – the best performing stock in the history of Wall Street but challenges ahead
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/02/13/altrias-problems-go-deeper-than-just-falling-tobac/ Altria looks like a potential value trap There isn’t much of a reason to be bullish on Altria’s stock right now. One thing that may look appealing is its dividend. It yields 7.8%, which is more than 6 times the S&P 500 average of 1.2%. But with the business facing a questionable road ahead, investors should be…
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A youth-led movement to end flavored tobacco sales in Hawaii
Op-Ed: Youth advocates call on state legislators to end the sale of flavored tobacco in Hawaiʻi or restore counties’ authority over tobacco regulationsBy Maui members of the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi Youth Council On average 1,400 Hawaiʻi residents die every year from a tobacco-related illness. Ninety-five percent of smokers start before the age of…
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Juul prevails over NJOY in patent and import dispute
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/juul-wins-imports-ban-on-altria-vaping-devices-at-trade-agency
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Insights into Tucker Carlson’s new oral nicotine pouch company
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-weekend/2025/02/08/tucker-carlson-and-the-nicotine-wars-00203197 Just as aggressively as he’d promoted Zyn, Carlson now campaigned against it, calling it a product “for women and liberals” and posting a video of himself shooting a tin with a shotgun. He’s launched a new competing brand of his own called ALP — and now, everyone jonesing for a tobaccoless nicotine pouch is…
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Speculation that RFK Jr was using oral nicotine pouches during his Senate confirmation hearing
https://people.com/rfk-jr-speculation-nicotine-pouch-confirmation-hearing-8783718 An interesting speculation – perhaps RFK is saying oral nicotine will MAHA.
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Update about the Low Tar Myth legal case in Europe
https://www.tabaknee.nl/news/item/3170-european-court-to-hear-rigged-cigarette-case-on-march-10th “On 10 March, the European Court of Justice will hear the questions posed in the context of the appeal in the enforcement case concerning the rigged cigarettes, initiated by Youth Smoking Prevention Foundation.” This case has been years in the making, and it will likely take months for a ruling to be issued. It…
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Juul settlement payment of $225 million is preliminarily approved
Courtesy of Tobacco Reporter: Juul Labs secured preliminary court approval on Jan. 20 of a $255 million settlement resolving claims by consumers that it deceptively marketed e-cigarettes, reports Reuters. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco said the proposed class action settlement was “fair, reasonable and adequate.” The settlement is part of a larger, global…
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