In 2012, after a 7-year battle starting in 2005, India implemented rules to reduce the pro-tobacco impact of onscreen smoking in movies and on TV. The new rules required that any film or TV program that included tobacco use include Anti-tobacco ads before and at the intermission An onscreen anti-tobacco message during any tobacco useContinue reading “Success in India: movie rules followed by less on-screen smoking”
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ecig use during pregnancy increases risk of low birth weight baby
Annette Regan and colleagues recently expanded the range of adverse health effects associated with e-cigarette use to low birth weight babies for women who smoked during pregnancy. In their paper “Adverse Birth Outcomes Associated With Prepregnancy and Prenatal Electronic Cigarette Use,” published in Obstetrics and Gynecology, they used data from the national PRAMS (Pregnancy RiskContinue reading “ecig use during pregnancy increases risk of low birth weight baby”
NC Juul settlement: It’s a start
On June 28, 2021, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced the first settlement of a state lawsuit against Juul for its marketing to youth “to hold JUUL accountable for its instrumental role in sparking the epidemic of youth vaping and its resulting nicotine addiction.” While the settlement represents a first step, a close readingContinue reading “NC Juul settlement: It’s a start”
Yet another incomplete economic analysis claims menthol ban would hurt economy, this time in LA
Los Angeles is debating a comprehensive ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. Like clockwork, the California Fuels & Convenience Alliance, who represents gas stations and convenience stores, has delivered a report to the City Council claiming that banning menthol would cost the city jobs and taxes. To reach this conclusion”Economic Impact of theContinue reading “Yet another incomplete economic analysis claims menthol ban would hurt economy, this time in LA”
Juul fails to properly report clinical trial results
Drug and medical device companies have a long history of selective reporting the results of clinical trials used to test their new products and even of burying results they don’t like. In an effort to make it harder for companies to manipulate reporting of results, the federal government (NIH) created ClinicalTrials.gov, where companies and othersContinue reading “Juul fails to properly report clinical trial results”
Unhealthy air pollution in cannabis dispensary that allows on-site consumption
States are moving quickly to legalize adult use of cannabis and many permit on-site consumption of cannabis products in retail outlets or marijuana lounges. All the inhaled forms of cannabis (smoking, vaping, dabbing) generate an aerosol of ultrafine particles that carries the THC (the psychoactive agent in cannabis) deep into the lungs where it isContinue reading “Unhealthy air pollution in cannabis dispensary that allows on-site consumption”
Tobacco free “In the Heights” an audience, critical success
Two years ago Cinema Blend reported that Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted to include a hookah in his new film In the Heights, but didn’t do it out of concern that doing so could trigger an R rating and reduce the audience (and money the film would make): Lin-Manuel Miranda is currently in the process of makingContinue reading “Tobacco free “In the Heights” an audience, critical success”
More details on how menthol helps Big Tobacco keep kids hooked
Keeping menthol in cigarettes (and other tobacco products) has been a priority for the tobacco companies ever since they got it exempted from the characterizing flavor ban in the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act that gave the FDA jurisdiction over tobacco products. The already-strong case for banning menthol just got stronger withContinue reading “More details on how menthol helps Big Tobacco keep kids hooked”
More direct evidence that SF flavor ban worked
Last year we published a paper on implementation of San Francisco’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products (including menthol) that reported that health department inspectors found high compliance with the flavor ban when they visited retailers. Now, Doris Gammon and colleagues have shown that the law virtually eliminated sales of flavored tobacco productsContinue reading “More direct evidence that SF flavor ban worked”
Amazon’s purchase of MGM is a good time to catch up with the major studios’ tobacco policies
Amazon is buying MGM for $8.45 billion to get its inventory of popular films and TV shows. It also plans to have MGM continue to produce new films aimed at a broad audience. In contrast to MGM (and Amazon), all the major studios that produce feature films have adopted policies to reduce or eliminate smokingContinue reading “Amazon’s purchase of MGM is a good time to catch up with the major studios’ tobacco policies”
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