On April 23, 2026, Michael Smerconsih interviewed me about the UK Generational Smoking ban. I surprised him by arguing that generational smoking bans are bad public policy because they divert resources from more effective tobacco control policies that had faster public health benefits. I am also skeptical that they will be maintained in the long term as people age into them. We also discussed the recent reemergence of claims that nicotine is a beneficial recreational drug, including nicotine pouches such as ZYN.
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Stanton Glantz blog 