The Latest Breaking News from Tobacco

ENFIELD, Connecticut — Gerald Gray wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare his meals for the long day in the fields as one of the 100 Jamaican workers employed by the Jarmoc family on the Jarmoc Farms tobacco fields.

An estimated 85 percent of Black smokers use menthols, according to the FDA, compared with 30 percent of white smokers. 

One person was arrested for the cultivation of cannabis

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

A study found that adolescents who use e-cigarettes are over three times more likely to use cannabis than those who don’t. "E-cigarette use among cannabis-naive adolescents was associated with an increased likelihood of both self-reported past 12-month and past 30-day cannabis use 1 year later," stated the study.

In total, investigators found 6,260 illicit cigarettes and 350 grams of illicit hand rolling tobacco

Had it not been demolished, the building would not have looked out of place in a horror movie or location in a Harry Potter film

Formerly ubiquitous tobacco vending machine sales are now banned under a 2010 FDA measure.

Trading standards and the police have discovered huge quantities of illegal tobacco products in our area - and it's linked to organised crime.