Tag: tobacco

    Cannabis Legalization Linked to Reduced Tobacco, Alcohol Use in Young Adults

    Another federally funded study is suggesting that marijuana legalization may be linked to a ...

    Is It Time to Abandon the Term “Smoker”?

    Words matter, particularly when they’re entwined with issues of identity. Labels have the capacity ...

    Trashed Cigarette Packs Highlight Failure of California’s Flavor Ban

    Last year, California voters passed Proposition 31—banning the retail sale of flavored tobacco and ...

    FDA’s Approaching Menthol Cigarette Ban Would Expand the Drug War

    A national ban on menthol cigarettes is inching closer. This month, the United States ...

    Canada Mandates Health Warnings on Every Single Cigarette

    Canada will soon be the first country in the world to mandate that a ...

    Massachusetts Post-Menthols Ban: Mixed Smoking Impacts, More Policing

    Massachusetts is experiencing the aftershocks of menthol prohibition. In 2020, the Bay State became ...

    Tobacco Fairs, Free NRT and Few Vapes: A Conversation in Cuba

    Winning a prize for my laughable “dancing” skills at a bar in Havana was ...

    How I Quit Cigarettes in Prison, After Smoking for 40 Years

    I’m coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day I stopped smoking cigarettes. ...

    “Next Time It Could Be You”—The McCarthyism in Tobacco Control

    At the end of November, an extraordinary episode caused outrage: the expulsion of Karl ...

    Johns Hopkins Call for Nicotine “Common Language” Falls Flat

    The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has just published a video, featuring ...