Tobacco In the News
Low nicotine cigarettes may help with reducing the addictiveness but it does NOT make them safer. FDA announces planned proposed rule to reduce addictiveness of cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products...rule would establish a maximum level of nicotine in cigarettes.
Local news
Local news![]()
Local news
State and National News
State and National News![]()
State and National News
California Tobacco Control Branch - What is the Tobacco Flavor Ban (SB 793)?
Click HERE to visit the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) website
American Lung Association: State of Tobacco Control 2023
California earns one of the top states best Tobacco Control Policies in the nation.
- Full report can be access HERE
Alameda County, California: Prosecutors seek to shutdown a flavored tobacco and synthetic cannabis company
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Municipalities that prohibit the same of flavored tobacco products (List as of October 1, 2023)
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TOBACCO AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
TOBACCO AND SOCIAL JUSTICE![]()
TOBACCO AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
LGBT pride in ending nicotine and tobacco use - BIG tobacco started targeted marketing products to the community in the 1990s.
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Rising vaping rates among LGBT youth has outpaced peers, widening tobacco use gap - Between 2020-21 e-cigarette use rates rose at higher rates than that of their heterosexual peers.
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Eliminating menthol cigarettes and the false claims made by BIG Tobacco
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Emerging Tobacco Products
Emerging Tobacco Products![]()
Emerging Tobacco Products
What is "tobacco-free nicotine"? A look at oral nicotine pouches.
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Bigger, stronger, and cheaper! Disposable e-cigarettes contain more nicotine and are more accessible than ever before.
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Higher concentrations of nicotine products entering the market: High-level nicotine tobacco product sales have 15-fold
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