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Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback'

An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives."

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Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests

Research finds hormone that indicates fertility at lower levels in vapers and tobacco smokers

The Guardian - UK

Minneapolis Implements Minimum Price For Cigarettes

Minneapolis City Council implements minimum cigarette price to discourage smoking and promote public health, setting a new standard in tobacco regulation.

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Researchers, advocates discuss state health equity at Kentucky Tobacco Control Conference

The University of Kentucky’s Center for Smoke-Free Policy and the Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program hosted a conference this week to discuss disparities in state tobacco control.

WEKU

Decades of dallying led to current delay on menthol ban - Roll Call

The proposed ban has divided the Black community, with a ban would bring about unnecessary policing of an illicit market.

Roll Call

Ukrainian soldiers trained in UK given free cigarettes

The cigarettes were donated by an international tobacco firm and imported duty-free

Evening Standard

Logical step or overreach? Guardian readers share their views on Sunak’s smoking ban

While most who wrote in favoured some sort of action to reduce the damage caused by tobacco, some warned about the UK becoming a ‘nanny state’

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Saving us from ourselves: how Britain is learning to accept the nanny state

Despite detractors, the tobacco bill shows the public will support policies that would once have been thought draconian

The Guardian - UK

The UK’s smoking ban is government meddling at its worst and most pointless

Tobacco is already on its way out. The state should not deny adults the right to make personal decisions for themselves, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn from it

Big tobacco ‘working in the shadows’ blamed for killing off NZ’s pioneering plan to protect future generations

The Guardian - UK

British Parliament Votes To Outlaw Smoking For Future Generations

The UK Parliament's Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to ban smoking for those born after 2009, facing internal party tensions.

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UK Parliament To Vote On Landmark Smoking Ban Bill

British lawmakers set to vote on smoking ban targeting youth to create a smoke-free generation.

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What is Generation Alpha? Youngsters to become first smoke-free generation

PM Rishi Sunak wants Generation Alpha to be the first generation not to smoke tobacco products

The Guardian - UK

MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – as it happened

Rishi Sunak’s authority suffers blow as several Conservatives vote against bill, which clears first Commons hurdle with 383 votes to 67

Evening Standard

Conservative libertarians slammed as minister describes her regret at starting smoking aged 12 ahead of vote

Victims minister Laura Farris hits back after criticism by Liz Truss of Rishi Sunak’s legislation aiming to prevent anyone born after 2008 from buying tobacco

The Guardian - UK

Chris Whitty urges MPs to ignore lobbying and pass smoking ban bill

Exclusive: England’s chief medical officer says tobacco industry is the ‘one gainer from the death and disease’ caused by its products

The Guardian - UK

Tobacco firms lobbying MPs to derail smoking phase-out, charity warns

Tactics include proposals to raise smoking age to avoid outright ban, and exemptions for cigars, says Cancer Research UK chief

International Business Times

Biden Administration Cracks Down On 'Gun Show Loophole'

This crucial step, initiated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), aligns with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed in 2022.

The Guardian - US

Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that

A deadline for the White House to review a proposal to ban the extra-addictive cigarettes expired last month with no action

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