After 40 years, Millie was able to quit smoking menthols with help from EX
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Oct. 27, 2023

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Get inspired: Millie’s journey to quit menthol cigarettes ([link removed])

Millie, of the Bronx, New York, started smoking menthol cigarettes when she was 15 years old because it was the ‘cool thing’ to do. She’s been hooked ever since, surrounded by a community where smoking menthol was normalized. After 40 years of smoking, Millie was finally able to quit – a huge achievement. Get inspired by watching her impressive journey to quit menthol cigarettes here.

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How the tobacco industry markets vaping nicotine as stress relief ([link removed])

Some e-cigarette companies advertise their products as tools for stress relief – a strategy that tobacco companies have used for decades to sell cigarettes. The common misconception that nicotine relieves stress, anxiety, and depression may be rooted in the cycle of nicotine withdrawal. Irritability, anxiety, and feelings of depression are some of the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal. Using nicotine can relieve these symptoms, but only temporarily. Because nicotine works for just a few hours, the symptoms of withdrawal return quickly.

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What is Zyn and what are oral nicotine pouches? ([link removed])

A different type of flavored nicotine product is gaining popularity among young people: oral nicotine pouches. Oral nicotine pouches are used similarly to snus – an oral pouch containing shredded tobacco leaf – but unlike snus, they contain a nicotine powder instead of tobacco leaf. Nicotine pouches contain nicotine which is harmful to young people in any form.

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Benton Harbor, Michigan - The city council passed a resolution calling on the State of Michigan to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products and to repeal preemption which prohibits local governments from making their own regulations on tobacco.
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Honolulu, Hawaii - Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed into law Bill 46 which prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products, except hookah, premium cigars and loose leaf tobacco, in the city and county of Honolulu if and when a state law that preempts localities from regulating or restricting the sale and use of tobacco products is overturned or suspended.
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