It’s an insult to blow smoke in someone’s face. That’s what Big Tobacco and its enablers in the Legislature are doing to Montanans right now, and we should all be offended.
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Smoking in United States of America
In the United States of America, smoking is allowed but tobacco products should follow some regulations. Under these regulations, health warnings on tobacco packaging including cigarettes are mandatory, the minimum legal age for their sales is 21 years, and there are no federal legal restrictions on smoking in public places. While tobacco advertising is regulated, not all forms of their advertising are banned. An excise tax of 32.16% with a total taxation rate of 37.36% is applied on cigarettes. Cigarettes can legally be sold with authorised documents. They may also be purchased through vending machines as well as through online channels. Importing cigarettes for trade is allowed with an appropriate import license. Despite these control measures, prevalence data show that smoking remains an important public health issue in the United States. There were 39.8 million current smokers in the country in 2024. This represents an overall adult smoking prevalence of 14.1%, with higher prevalence among men (17.1%) than among women (11.1%). In comparison, the overall current smoking prevalence was 12.3% in 2022. The adult daily smoking prevalence was recorded to be 10.01% in 2020. Smoking-related mortality also remains significant in the country. In 2021, smoking resulted in 360,370 deaths, including 216,986 male deaths and 143,383 female deaths. This shows that smoking accounted for 10.38% of all deaths in the United States in 2021, with a higher rate among men (11.9%) than among women (8.7%).
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March 08, 2021 by bostonglobe.com
Buying legal marijuana is more convenient than ever. Good luck finding somewhere to legally use it
[...] The planned shops are part of a wave of nearly 200 cannabis retailers moving through the state licensing pipeline, many clustered around major destinations. Pot businesses are lining up to open in Provincetown, around TD Garden and nearby historic sites in downtown Boston, near large universities, and other popular spots that routinely attract tens of thousands of visitors. But with public consumption of recreational pot banned under state law, the proliferation of marijuana shops in these busy areas raises an obvious question: Where are all those [...] supposed to actually use the stuff?
March 08, 2021 by regulatorwatch.com
Hale | Ventured-Backed Vaping Device to Wean Users Off Nicotine
Nicotine vaping devices are a disruptive technology that forever changed the prospects for cigarette smokers who want to quit.
But success comes at a price and for the vaping industry that price is the enmity of many tobacco-controllers and public health. In this episode of RegWatch we are joined by Josh Israel the CEO & Co-Founder of Hava, the company behind Hale. Hear first-hand about the genesis of the device, how it’s being brought to market, who is providing financing, and why its developers believe Hale, is the true smoking cessation alternative.
March 04, 2021 by umich.edu
Vaping marijuana associated with more symptoms of lung damage than vaping or smoking nicotine
Adolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes or marijuana, or vape nicotine, a new University of Michigan study suggests.
The result challenges conventional wisdom about vaping nicotine, says the study’s principal investigator, Carol Boyd, [...]
“I thought that e-cigarettes (vaping nicotine) would be the nicotine product most strongly associated with worrisome respiratory symptoms,” she said. “Our data challenges the assumption that smoking cigarettes or vaping nicotine is the most harmful to the lungs. [...]
March 04, 2021 by wvua23.com
Smoking Can Increase Danger of COVID-19 Complications
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn smokers face a higher risk of suffering life-threatening COVID-19 complications.
Smoking weakens your immune system and increases your risk of respiratory infections.
UAB Department of Pediatrics Professor Dr. Susan Walley said smoking puts people at a higher risk of being admitted to intensive care units, placed on ventilators, and dying from COVID-related conditions.
Smoking e-cigarettes and vapes, popular among young adults, a group normally considered to be low risk, can also lead to complications.
March 03, 2021 by suntimes.com
Illinois smokers now prioritized for the coronavirus vaccine
Illinois smokers are now among the priority groups eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
As a part of the state’s vaccination schedule, residents with certain high-risk medical conditions — including smoking — are now able to get shots, along with seniors and medical and essential workers. According to the Centers for Disease Control, being a “current or former cigarette smoker” puts you at greater risk for severe COVID-19 illness.
March 03, 2021 by hightimes.com
New Vaporizer Shipping Bans Impact Industry
A new U.S. law that will impact the postal service has some within the cannabis industry concerned, as it will ban the shipping of vape products through mainstream mail. [...] The law, which is set to take effect late this month, was initially made to prevent youth from being able to order tobacco products online, and there is no explicit mention of hemp or cannabis in the law, but legal THC cannabis businesses and those in the CBD industry are getting worried about the implications.
March 02, 2021 by federalwaymirror.com
‘Quitting smoking is hard. Avoiding restarting is even harder.’
[...] Dr. Scott Trapman helps patients with a full range of issues [...] But one of his passions is helping people quit smoking.
“Smoking causes chronic bronchitis, emphysema and lung cancer. When it comes to COVID-19, smokers and vape users are much more likely to suffer serious complications or death than healthy non-users,” Dr. Trapman says. “But evidence suggests that once a person quits using tobacco products for twenty years, their risk of heart attack, stroke or cancer becomes equal to the risks faced by non-smokers. So it’s always worth it to try to cut back.”
March 02, 2021 by reuters.com
U.S. FTC tells e-cigarette firms JUUL, NJOY, others to submit sales, ad data
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Monday it has ordered five e-cigarette companies including JUUL Labs and NJOY to turn over sales and advertising data.
The regulatory agency said it sent orders to JUUL Labs, Inc; R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company; Fontem US, LLC; Logic Technology Development LLC; and NJOY, LLC seeking information from 2019 and 2020 including annual data on sales and giveaways of e-cigarettes and characteristics of their e-cigarette products such as flavors.
March 02, 2021 by wsj.com
Puff Bar Defies FDA Crackdown on Fruity E-Cigarettes by Ditching the Tobacco
Fancy a mango, watermelon or lemon-ice flavored vape? You are in luck. They are being sold online by Puff Bar, a brand that last year was ordered to take its e-cigarettes off the U.S. market.
The Food and Drug Administration told the e-cigarette maker to stop selling its fruity, disposable vaporizers, as part of a broader crackdown on underage vaping. The brand resumed sales on its website last month and introduced a change that may allow it to sidestep the FDA: Puff Bar says it is using nicotine that isn’t derived from tobacco.
March 01, 2021 by billingsgazette.com
Guest opinion: Blowing smoke in the face of local decision-making
House Bill 137, sponsored by vape shop owner Rep. Ron Marshall, would allow people to use electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes in nearly all public spaces in our state. Not only would this bill overturn policies in 11 Montana localities where e-cigarettes use is prohibited inside public places, it would also prevent Montana communities from implementing any future protections from tobacco.