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January 12, 2024 by tobaccoreporter.com

Consumer demand for nicotine products has fluctuated due to inflation and rising cigarette prices over the past 13-19 months. However, the Neilsen report covering the four-week period ending Dec. 30 shows that market shares are holding steady for both next-generation and traditional tobacco brands. The market share of R.J. Reynolds’ top-selling Vuse e-cigarette remained flat at 42 percent in December at convenience stores, according to the report. While Vuse’s market share was unchanged, No. 2 Juul dropped from 24.3 percent to 24.2 percent for the report covering the four-week period ending Dec. 30.

January 09, 2024 by openaccessgovernment.org

In the study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, researchers highlight the dangers of thirdhand smoke, revealing the alarming presence of toxic tobacco by-products on surfaces in smoking households that children live in. Lead author Ashley Merianos, a tobacco researcher at the University of Cincinnati, said the study delved into the homes of children, revealing distressing results.

January 08, 2024 by reuters.com

Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's challenge to a voter-approved measure in California that banned flavored tobacco products in the most-populous U.S. state. The justices rejected an appeal by R.J. Reynolds, a unit of British American Tobacco (BATS.L), and other plaintiffs of a lower court's ruling holding that California's law did not conflict with a federal statute regulating tobacco products. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020 signed into law a ban on all flavored tobacco products - including menthol cigarettes and cotton candy-flavored vaping products - in response to concerns about a rise in e-cigarette and tobacco use by teenagers.

January 08, 2024 by filtermag.org

A federal appeals court has issued a scathing rebuke to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its handling of applications to authorize vaping products. A ruling in a key case, issued on January 3, accused the FDA of sending vape manufacturers on a “wild goose chase” under the agency’s Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTA) process—misleading applicants and failing to honor its own guidelines.

January 03, 2024 by latimes.com

Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at U.S. ports, including a major bust at Los Angeles International Airport. But thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by the Associated Press. The figures underscore the chaotic state of the nation’s $7-billion vaping market and raise questions about how the U.S. government can stop the flow of fruit-flavored disposable e-cigarettes used by 1 in 10 American teens and adolescents.

January 02, 2024 by cbsnews.com

Vaping will be banned indoors in public places in Illinois in the new year. Effective Jan. 1, 2024, an amendment to the Smoke Free Illinois Act will ban the use of "electronic smoking devices" such as vape pens and electronic cigarettes inside public spaces. That means vapers will have to join smokers outside, and be at least 15 feet away from the doors of any public entrance.

January 02, 2024 by nbcchicago.com

A new bill will go into effect [...] in the state of Illinois, banning the use of vape pens and other electronic smoking devices in indoor public spaces. According to the provisions of HB 1540, those devices will be added to the list of items prohibited for public indoor use by the Smoke Free Illinois Act, which first passed the legislature in 2008. Electronic smoking devices also will be prohibited within 15 feet of public entrances, according to terms of the law.

December 28, 2023 by youthtoday.org

Californians – including minors – are still able to buy flavored electronic cigarettes online, even after the state’s much-publicized ban went into effect. That’s the key finding of my team’s new study, published in JAMA Network Open. On Dec. 21, 2022, California enacted Senate Bill 793, which prohibited the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to people of all ages. Hookahs, premium cigars and loose-leaf tobacco were exempted from the legislation. The ban was motivated, in large part, by a desire to reduce to reduce consumption of tobacco among young people — who are particularly attracted to the flavors in e-cigarettes, such as mango and crème.

December 27, 2023 by wgem.com

It will soon be illegal to vape or use electronic cigarettes within 15 feet of indoor public settings in Illinois. A new law adds e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs and vape pens to the state’s smoking ban. It takes effect Jan. 1. Since 2008, it’s been illegal in Illinois to smoke tobacco products, like cigarettes, within 15 feet of indoor public settings. That includes private businesses. Vaping and e-cigarettes weren’t covered under that law. State Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Oak Park, sponsored the bill along with state Sen. Julie Morrison, D-Lake Forest. “We know that thousands of Illinois residents support prohibiting e-cigarettes in indoor places since nearly 30 municipalities have already added them to their clean indoor ordinance,” Lilly said.

December 22, 2023 by theconversation.com

Californians – including minors – are still able to buy flavored electronic cigarettes online, even after the state’s much-publicized ban went into effect. That’s the key finding of my team’s new study, published in JAMA Network Open. On Dec. 21, 2022, California enacted Senate Bill 793, which prohibited the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to people of all ages. Hookahs, premium cigars and loose-leaf tobacco were exempted from the legislation.