(FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee…The meeting will be open to the public. DATES: The meeting will be held on February 6, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Februa
As regulators target menthol cigarettes and popular e-cigarette brands, the smokeless segment is expected to thrive in the coming year.
Alameda, CA is considering an ordinance to license tobacco retailers and prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products. Retailers are arguing that chewing tobacco should be exempted becuase theh claim the average age of those that chew is 40.
The prevalence of current cigarette smoking in 2017 was 15% (4.6 million smokers), an increase from 13% (3.9 million smokers) in 2015. A higher percentage of males (17% or 2.5 million) than females (13% or 2.1 million) were current smokers. Eleven percen
adopted a “model policy for tobacco-free parks” last week…Neal reminded the Board of Health that nearly 90 percent of adult smokers began smoking at or before they turned 18. The reason vaping was added to the policy recommendations, Neal said, is becau
Both smoked tobacco and smokeless tobacco policies should be aggressively implemented in public places and workplaces in developing countries, because they stimulate voluntary smoke and smokeless tobacco-free policies in homes.
This result reinforces the need to aggressively implement protections from secondhand smoke and to encourage parents not to use any form of tobacco at home.
The company says the new snus style is “50 percent stronger than regular strength snus, making them the only strong snus products in the U.S. market.” The snus styles are a byproduct of its recent purchase of V2 Tobacco, There will three styles: origin
While the tobacco category’s total volume decline has been ongoing, not all segments within it have declined. Other tobacco products (OTP) is up in both dollar sales and unit volume, while the vaping/e-cigarettes segment is seeing the biggest growth rate
The Tobacco 21 ordinance will include products that are smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled or ingested in any other way. This includes, but isn’t limited to cigarettes, e-cigarettes, a cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus,
