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The European Respiratory Society endorses TFG/ NFG. The topic will soon be heard at the AMA Annual meeting in Chicago.

Time for state and local organizations to step up

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/maldives-to-phase-out-smoking-with-generational-ban The Maldives will attempt to stamp out smoking across the South Asian luxury tourist archipelago in 2025 with a ban making it illegal for anyone currently under 19 to ever buy cigarettes. A proposed law will prohibit the sale of tobacco products to individuals born after a January 2007 cut-off date, effectively phasing out…

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-zyn-nicotine-pouches-flavors-deceptive-marketing/ “Zyn’s manufacturers have put profits ahead of the health and safety of Baltimoreans, in particular our children, through manipulative marketing practices, and my office won’t stand for it,” Mayor Brandon Scott said, calling the nicotine pouches highly addictive.  The city further accused the companies of falsely representing Zyn as tobacco-free and failing to warn…

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/06/business/massachusetts-nicotine-free-generation-brookline/ The momentum grows – a statewide bill is under consideration. The AMA is planning a discussion in June in Chicago

https://lakeconews.com/news/81451-as-heated-tobacco-products-reenter-the-us-market-evidence-on-their-safety-remains-sparse-new-study IQOS returns to the US market after a lengthy court battle for patent infringement.

Belgium Tobacco Display Ban Goes into Effect

https://www.gazettenet.com/Pelham-Board-of-Health-considers-adopting-Nicotine-Free-Generation-policy-60910670 Another city poised to join the movement! On Thursday, May 8, the health board will hold a public hearing on amendments to “Restricting the Sale of Tobacco Products” that includes a prohibition on the sale of tobacco to anyone who doesn’t turn 21 years old before Jan. 1, 2026.

The use of THC is also a major concern. Much of the nicotine pouch use in American is unlawful

https://www.newsweek.com/cigarettes-could-banned-gen-z-under-new-proposal-2057451 Nevada could become the first state in the U.S. to impose a generational ban on cigarette sales under a proposal introduced in the state Legislature. Assembly Bill 279, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember David Orentlicher, would prohibit the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after December 31, 2004. The proposal aims to phase out the…