Reuters: Global crises disrupt effort to get millions to quit smoking, report says

A report published by Action on Smoking and Health cites the Covid-19 pandemic, among other factors, as limiting progress on worldwide smoking cessation goals by 2025. While progress has been made in reducing the number of people who use tobacco worldwide, these disruptions prevented the target goal of a 30 percent reduction from 2010-2025. We […]

Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana, survey says

Teen drug use hasn’t rebounded from its drop during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results from a large annual national survey. About two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn’t used alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days. That’s the largest proportion abstaining since the annual […]

Dual use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes negatively impacts abstinence likelihood

A new study confirms what previous data had proven: e-cigarettes are not effective cessation devices. According to results published in ERJ Open Research, A smaller proportion of individuals who used both e-cigarettes and cigarettes achieved nicotine abstinence vs. individuals who used only cigarettes or only e-cigarettes, showing the complications dual usage can bring to cessation. “In […]

Vietnam Today: E-cigarettes to be banned from 2025

According to Vietnam Today, The 15th National Assembly, at its 8th session on November 30, agreed to ban e-cigarettes in Vietnam from 2025 to protect public health and social order and safety. We applaud the Vietnamese National Assembly for taking a bold stance against nicotine products and working to protect all of their citizens- young and […]

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels

The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking. This is a huge win for public health. These labels are in place all around the world and have had a marked effect in reducing smoking rates. We urge the FDA to […]