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Editorial: Biden's move to make cigarettes less addictive is the right fight to have

The Biden administration this week launched a broadside against Big Tobacco in an effort to break its hold over millions of Americans. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced it will seek a rule forcing dramatic reduction in the amount of nicotine in cigarettes, to render them less addictive…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Growing use of e-cigarettes could lead to increase in tobacco smoking, Australia's peak medical body warns

Australia's peak body for medical research warns the growing use of e-cigarettes could lead to an increase in smoking rates.

ABC News

The FDA Is Set To Ban Juul Products In U.S.: What Companies Could Benefit?

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The FDA knows nicotine is addictive. It wants to regulate it for the first time

The Food and Drug Administration is poised to set a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and some other tobacco products, looking to make them less addictive and wean smokers off the habit.

WEKU

In a Surprise Move, the FDA Denies Approval for Juul Tobacco and Menthol Vapes

What was once a classic Silicon Valley success story has become the victim of an intensely ideological war on nicotine.

Reason

Biden administration to call for nicotine reductions in cigarettes

New policy forcing tobacco companies to cut nicotine to nonaddictive amounts could upend industry

The Independent UK

Ireland remains most expensive country in EU to buy alcohol and tobacco

Data published on Tuesday shows that Ireland was the second most expensive country in the EU overall last year, with price levels 140% above the EU average

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Better Buy: Altria Group vs. Philip Morris International

Pandemic-led rise in demand for smoking products and growing health concerns have incentivized tobacco companies to invent low-risk tobacco products, which should drive the industry’s growth. Moreover, being a part of the consumer defensive industry, tobacco manufacturers Altria Group (MO) and Philip Morris (PM) should witness significant investors’ attention amid…

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How About Reducing Nicotine Levels In Tobacco Products? Biden Administration Working On Cap Plan

The Biden administration signaled that it would develop a proposed rule to establish a maximum nicotine level to reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products. The goal of the potential rule would be to reduce youth use, addiction, and death.

Benzinga

Biden administration wants to take the buzz out of cigarettes

The Biden administration wants to make the tobacco industry cut back the amount of addictive nicotine allowed in cigarettes sold in the U.S.

Axios

Commentary: If Biden gives up on climate, it’s a white flag for the planet

At one point in Al Gore’s seminal 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” the former vice president laments that his tobacco-farming parents didn’t stop raising tobacco until after their beloved daughter Nancy died of lung cancer in Tennessee.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration to call for nicotine reductions in cigarettes (OLD)

New policy forcing tobacco companies to cut nicotine to nonaddictive amounts could upend industry

The Independent UK

Momentum building to end the smoking epidemic

Aotearoa’s initiative to stop smoking will provide a crucial template that other countries could use to achieve their own smokefree goals, write Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek and Andrew Waa.

Newsroom.co.nz

Crime groups using illicit tobacco to finance drug trade and terrorism as cigarette prices soar, says Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

The soaring cost of cigarettes in Australia is presenting lucrative opportunities for organised crime groups, who are turning to illicit tobacco as a "low-risk and high-reward" trade.

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The Guardian - UK

Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack

António Guterres compares climate inaction to tobacco firms dismissing links between smoking and cancer

Glasgow Live

Glasgow gift card ban on tobacco not possible, officials admit

More than 84,000 households will be sent the £105 gift card later this year - and officials admitted it would be possible for the money to be spent on cigarettes and alcohol.

The Hindu

Brain networks and nicotine addiction

A study of patients who quit smoking spontaneously reveals brain networks that are associated with alcohol and other forms of addiction

Manchester Evening News

Shop accused of selling illegal tobacco stays open due to court hold-up

The council claims a chute from the flat above the shop was used to sell illicit cigarettes leading to its licence being revoked by councillors

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The Conversation

Smoking age: here's what effect raising it to 21 could have in England

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the UK – accounting for nearly 100,000 deaths each year. In England alone, smoking caused nearly 75,000 deaths in 2020. In economic terms, smoking costs the economy an estimated £19 billion a year – with smoking-related health issues alone…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The FDA is right to ban menthol cigarettes

Take a deep breath, America. We’ve made serious progress against cigarette smoking. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 23% of adults were smokers in 2000. By 2020, the rate had fallen to 12.5%. Teen use of traditional cigarettes has plummeted from 22.5% in 2002 to 6%…

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5 Sturdy Stocks to Buy as the World Bank Warns of Stagflation

U.S. inflation running hotter-than-expected has led the benchmark indices to end the last week in the red. On top of it, the World Bank has warned of stagflation and slashed its global growth forecast. Amid this volatile situation, fundamentally solid stocks in the consumer defensive sector Kellogg (K), Kroger (KR),…

The Times of India

Surprise inspection: Ganja, other banned items found in jails in Bihar

PATNA: Simultaneous raids were conducted on Saturday at various jails in the state to ensure that prohibited items are not being used by inmates. During the inspection, the teams seized banned items like smartphones, khaini (tobacco), cigarettes, ganja (drugs) and utensils from undertrial prisoners in some jails.

WEKU

Canada proposes printing a warning on every cigarette

The move builds on Canada's mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco products' packaging. The government anticipates the changes coming into force in the latter half of 2023.

Chronicle Live

'Why do we tolerate this?': Ex-smoker who started in primary school and had cancer three times welcomes calls to change the law

South Shields' Sue Mountain has had cancer three times due to smoking - she's backing calls to raise the legal age for buying tobacco after a landmark report.

Wales Online

People in Wales have strong objections to plans to hike smoking age every year

'Use education and harm reduction strategies instead'

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