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Call for Data Launched to Revise EU Tobacco Products Directive

“Unlocking Effective Tobacco Control: New Research Sheds Light on Regulatory Strategies”

Health warnings have adorned cigarette packaging for over six decades, and the addictive nature of tobacco has been extensively documented since the 1970s. Despite these long-stand...

Hong Kong to target flavoured tobacco in next phase of controls: health chief

Hong Kong authorities will crack down on flavoured tobacco substances in the next phase of their enhanced smoking control measures, with the health minister describing such product...

Efforts to Help Smokers Quit Stall Under Trump

The C.D.C.’s tobacco control office has been shut for more than a year. After its most prominent antismoking campaign went off the air, calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW lines have plummeted...

FDA Publishes 2025 NYTS Raw Data; ACHE Concludes Smart Regulation Outperforms Bans in Curbing Youth Tobacco Use

Experts emphasize that targeted public health initiatives, paired with evidence-based regulations can drive meaningful public health outcomes

Maine Enacts First-in-the-Nation EPR Law for Electronic Smoking Devices

On April 23, 2026, Maine enacted Public Law Chapter 769, An Act to Create a Stewardship Program for Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Products, codified at 38 M.R.S. § 1618. T...

FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more unauthorized elect...

'Dressed up like sweets': Government proposes packaging and display restrictions on vapes

Department of Health and Social Care proposes marketing crack down on 'one of the most environmentally wasteful, damaging and dangerous consumer products ever sold'

FDA Proposes Long-Awaited Rule to Require Foreign Tobacco Manufacturers to Register Establishments and List Products

On June 26, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), announced a proposed rule titled “Establishment Registration and Product Listing f...

State tightens rules for vape & smoke shop sales and labeling

The West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration (WVABCA) is expanding its public safety and enforcement responsibilities following passage of House Bill 5437, known as th...

Aussie smoking market warning for NZ over illegal supply

Zyn Is Safer Than Smoking. The FDA Will Finally Let It Say So.

The decision is a major win for public health.

Making Americans Smokers Again: Trump Administration Cuts Anti-Tobacco Programs

In May, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported one of the greatest public health victories of the past 50 years. A government survey found that cigar...

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot 

The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry's growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring...

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot 

The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry's growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring...

FDA Authorizes Modified Risk Claims for ZYN Nicotine Pouches: A Landmark Step for Tobacco Harm Reduction

On June 30, 2026, FDA issued modified risk granted orders to Swedish Match USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Philip Morris International Inc., for 20 ZYN nicotine pouch produ...

Province seizes over 7,915,690 Unmarked Cigarettes and Other Untaxed Tobacco Products

FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market

Officials at the FDA were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the market before they're fully vetted.

Beating back the illicit tobacco trade

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot 

The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry's growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring...

E-cigarette Regulatory Gaps and Substance Use Recovery

E-cigarettes are viewed by many, including the FDA, as a harm reduction for smokers. But with 86 percent of U.S. products being unregulated and smuggled, how can we be so sure?

FDA Sued for Allowing Unauthorized Vaping Products

A coalition of public health organizations, pediatricians and parents sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 14, challenging a new policy that allow some manufacturers...

FDA move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches into U.S. blindsides officials

Senior officials in the Food and Drug Administration's tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more unauthorized electronic cigarettes a...

‘All reasonable steps’ for site smoking ban include CCTV, cigarette storage points

Contractors should take “all reasonable steps”, such as installing CCTV cameras and setting up temporary cigarette storage points, to comply with a coming smoking ban on constructi...