Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance
3 May 2021 Kenneth E. Warner, PhD, MEDPAGETODAY: — Actually implementing a ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars could take years Cigarette smoking annually claims the lives of 480,000 Americans, accounting for a sixth of all deaths (a seventh in the extraordinary pandemic year of 2020). That is more — a lot more — than […]
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1 May 2021 Graeme Massie, Independent: The US has announced that it will take steps to ban menthol flavoured cigarettes and all flavoured cigars within the next year. The Food and Drug Administration will work to change the rules surrounding the products, which will apply to manufacturers, distributors, retailers, wholesalers and importers. The Biden administration’s aim is
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5 January 2021 PR News Wire Their Ordinances to Ban the Sale of Tobacco Are in Effect Today SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On January 1st, two cities in California made giant strides for public health by removing tobacco products from stores. Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, became the only jurisdictions in the U.S. to eliminate the sale of commercial tobacco, although
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