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July 18, 2023 by reason.org
Taxes on tobacco alternatives undermine harm reduction efforts
The government, at state and federal levels, imposes excise taxes on combustible cigarettes. Principally, the taxes serve to offset the costs smokers impose on non-smokers through increased healthcare demands, deter use (especially among minors), and raise revenue. Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was tasked with regulating tobacco products in 2009, a host of safer nicotine alternatives to cigarettes have entered the market, including e-cigarettes, modern oral nicotine, and heated tobacco.
July 18, 2023 by iwf.org
Cigarette And Vapor Product Use Down Among New Jersey Youth
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published the results of the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The biennial survey is administered among high school students and assesses various student behaviors from diet and physical activity habits to mental health and substance use. In 2021, among New Jersey high school students, 3.7% reported currently using combustible cigarettes. Current use is defined as having used the product on at least one occasion in the 30 days prior. [...]
July 18, 2023 by politico.com
FDA could thwart its own smoking-cessation push
The FDA is poised to finalize a rule banning menthol cigarettes — which make up nearly 40 percent of the market — in an effort to encourage smokers to quit. But it hasn’t approved a new smoking-cessation aid in nearly 20 years and has such high standards for authorizing less-harmful menthol e-cigarettes, some public health experts fear the ban may fall short of its desired effect. Not all menthol smokers will just quit, said David Méndez, associate professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan.
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