The King of Denial: An FDA Honcho’s Legacy of Ashes
Brian King, the imperious former head of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), was unceremoniously cashiered from his ...
Key Rulings for Claims Against Big Tobacco's Deceptive Marketing Practices May Be on the Horizon
Decisions pending in deceptive-marketing suits against nicotine products could soon forge a path for related litigation.
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CDC's Office of Smoking and Health Eliminated
The CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) was eliminated in its entirety during the mass layoffs at HHS this week, sources told MedPage Today. Hundreds of people who worked for the office have lost ...
HHS gutted programs to help people quit smoking. The impact could be deadly.
Cuts to the CDC and FDA, experts say, could reverse hugely successful campaigns to cut cigarette smoking rates and curb teen ...
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Cook County to Youth on April Fool’s Day: Don’t be fooled by Big Tobacco
Cook County Department of Public Health used April Fools’ Day to encourage young people in suburban Cook County to not be ...
Paris Metro bans David Hockney exhibition poster due to artist’s cigarette
Promotional material for the upcoming David Hockney exhibition in Paris has been banned because the artist is seen with a ...
Supreme Court Rules Against Makers of Flavored Vapes Popular With Teens
The justices handed a win, for now, to the Food and Drug Administration in its rejection of applications from makers of ...
Smoking was already becoming 'cool' again. Then, Trump ousted the FDA's tobacco chief.
Smoking already seemed to be making a comeback in pop culture. With the mass HHS layoffs, will tobacco's grip on young people grow tighter?
Mass layoffs hit workers at HHS; sweeping cuts extend to CDC, NIH, FDA: Recap
Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...
Tennessee bill to impose 10% vape tax passes Senate with anti-smoking groups in opposition
The measure also would put in place a 10% tax on open system vape products and a 7% tax on closed system products. Tennessee Senators approved a bill Monday that would impose a tax of up to 10% on ...
Big Tobacco targets Trump in hope - and fear - of change
Big tobacco companies like British American Tobacco are lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to crack down ...
Big Tobacco resorts to old tricks in campaign against UK's historic Tobacco and Vapes Bill
The Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) at the University of Bath has published the first study examining tobacco and ...