Category: Policy
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Zyn sales are an enforcement problem in America
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/30/health/zyn-young-users/index.html Earlier this year, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate Zyn sales, particularly to young people. Some Republicans criticized the effort with allegations of a “nanny state,” and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, called for a “Zynsurrection.” Editor’s comment: I…
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Breaking update on low nicotine cigarettes – the FDA is poised to act imminently
The proposal cleared an Office of Management and Budget review on Friday, paving the way for FDA commissioner Robert Califf to issue it before the Trump administration takes control.
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Research published in Lancet shows that reduced nicotine cigarettes are effective
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(24)00123-6/fulltext A reduced-nicotine cigarette standard in the context of access to other non-combusted nicotine products has the potential to benefit public health.
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Important updates about nicotine free generation from the Christian Science Monitor
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2024/1230/massachusetts-nicotine-free-generation Similar attempts to sunset tobacco are picking up steam worldwide. The United Kingdom plans to ban cigarette sales for anyone born after 2008. Earlier this year, members of South Australia’s parliament introduced a lawthat would do the same for those born after 2006.
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Canada limits sales of oral nicotine pouches to pharmacies and bans fruit flavored pouches
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nicotine-pouches-zonnic-cigarette-smoking-ban-pharmacies-convenience-stores-1.7309493
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Big Tobacco was the largest corporate donor in the 2024 White House race
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/12/27/this-tobacco-giant-was-the-biggest-corporate-donor-to-the-2024-presidential-race/ RAI Services Co., a subsidiary of Reynolds American, was the biggest corporate donor to Trump’s campaign and affiliated super PACs, Federal Election Commission filings show, giving a combined $10 million to the Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC that backed Trump’s campaign in 2024.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta takes strong action to enforce California tobacco control laws
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/new-tobacco-enforcement-law-set-go-effect-january-1st-attorney-general-bonta With New Tobacco Enforcement Law Set to Go into Effect January 1st, Attorney General Bonta Releases Guidance to Businesses SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released guidance to help businesses across the state comply with the new law regarding implementation of the flavored tobacco ban. Effective January 1st, Assembly Bill (AB) 3218, builds…
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San Francisco Marin Medical Society successes in tobacco control advocacy
https://www.sfmms.org/news-events/sfmms-blog/anti-tobacco-victories-for-california.aspx A long legacy of tobacco control victories in San Francisco from the San Francisco Medical Society – 2025 may be the year to lead the efforts in Sacramento again
The Tobacco Endgame 