Trump retreats on plan to remove flavored e-cigarettes
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Nov. 21, 2019
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Trump retreats on plan to remove flavored e-cigarettes ([link removed])
Based on recent press reports, politics, not public health, are driving the decisions on combatting the youth e-cigarette epidemic. If removing flavors is a dead issue until all the votes are counted next November, it will be a real tragedy for our nation's youth and public health. The administration should implement the plan it promised the nation on Sept. 11 as time is of the essence.
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Why the administration must reject the e-cigarette industry's 'pressure campaign’ ([link removed])
As a show of unified support, several conservative women’s groups have joined a coalition of anti-tobacco organizations to urge the president to reject what they call a “pressure campaign” by e-cigarette and tobacco interests and to crack down on underage vaping.
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What the evidence shows will help people quit smoking ([link removed])
Incentives to quit smoking — often taking the form of a discount on your health insurance premium — can be a great way to help someone who’s already motivated to quit to make the decision to actually do so. They also help make sure those people stay quit.
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The facts about women and tobacco ([link removed])
In the U.S., smoking rates for women have not declined as quickly as for men — every year smoking-related diseases kill more than 200,000 women. Learn more in our fact sheet.
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Albany County, New York — The county legislature rejected an ordinance to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products.
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Contra Costa County, California — The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of vaping and flavored tobacco products in unincorporated parts of the county.
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Massachusetts — The state legislature passed a bill that would ban the sale of all flavored tobacco products, impose a 75% tax on e-cigarettes, require health insurers to cover tobacco cessation counseling and NRTs, and expand penalties for illegal tobacco sales. The bill now moves to the governor for consideration.
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New Jersey — Committees in the Senate and Assembly approved a group of bills that ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes, increase taxes on e-cigarettes and add other restrictions to the sale of e-cigarettes.
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