FDA.gov: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. for all of their products currently marketed in the United States. As a result, the company must stop selling and distributing these products.
INSIDER - One tobacco giant — Reynolds American — is actively spreading millions of dollars to hundreds of state-level political candidates and political action committees, according to an internal corporate governance document reviewed by Insider.
L.A. Times: Los Angeles will ban many businesses from selling tobacco products that come in sweet, spicy and minty flavors under new restrictions backed Wednesday by the City Council.
Tobacco Reporter: The use of electronic cigarettes costs the United States $15 billion annually in healthcare expenditures—more than $2,000 per person a year
UNC Lineberger: Effective anti-vaping advertisements geared to teens have the greatest impact when they emphasize the adverse consequences and harms of vaping e-cigarettes, use negative imagery, and avoid memes, hashtags and other “teen-centric” communication styles, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Reuters: Los Angeles County can ban all sales of flavored tobacco products, including vape juice and menthol cigarettes, a divided federal appeals court held Friday in a loss for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and two sister companies.
KFI AM 640: A split panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the federal Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act allows the county's ban on certain tobacco products, striking down a challenge by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other companies.
Truth Initiative: Many tobacco users falsely believe tobacco products can relieve stress or anxiety. The idea that tobacco products curb the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is often misinterpreted as a beneficial effect on mental health, according to research on the effects of quitting smoking on mental health.
Health Day: E-cigarette and hookah water pipe users may be at greater risk than tobacco cigarette smokers for cancers of the nose, sinuses and throat, according to a new study.
Mirage: An analysis of data from a large, nationally representative survey of the US population shows that e-cigarette use is associated with increased odds of prediabetes.
The Daily News: Massachusetts banned the sale of flavored and menthol cigarettes and vaping products more than two years ago, but those products are still getting into the state through the underground market.
