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https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/doctor-discusses-the-fda-approval-of-marketing-formerly-banned-juul-e-cigarettes/ Approving menthol Juul raises concerns

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.