Traditional cigarettes continued to gain momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic in October, according to the latest Nielsen convenience store report out Wednesday.
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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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October 30, 2020 by vapingpost.com
Liability Claims That Vaping Exacerbates COVID-19 Currently Do Not Hold Up In U.S. Courts
Filter magazine published a tremendous analysis of the debate related to vaping and COVID-19. Authors Annie Kleykamp and Helen Redmond point to several instances in the venue of peer-reviewed research. Nicotine & Tobacco Research published an editorial by journal editor-in-chief Marcus Munafò and deputy editor Richard Edwards arguing that there’s very little evidence to make effective claims about vaping and COVID-19.
If we translate such observations to the realm of litigation, claiming exposure liability in a lawsuit will not stand in a U.S. court. [...]
October 29, 2020 by journalnow.com
Traditional cigarette sales remain on uptick, boosted by higher per-pack pricing
Higher pricing by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. helped offset a slight decline in sales volume, according to the report for the four-week period that ended Oct. 17.
On Sept. 28, Reynolds raised by 13 cents the list price that wholesalers pay manufacturers for their products. The increase typically is passed on to customers at retail.
October 28, 2020 by news-medical.net
Study examines the long-term health effects of vaping, e-cigarettes on children
Adolescent use of e-cigarettes and vaping products is at epidemic proportions, yet the adverse health effects are understudied, with almost no data on younger patients. The problem is sizable as children start vaping at a younger and younger age.
Recent estimates show that 9.6 percent of eighth graders vape nicotine or THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active ingredient of cannabis), along with 19.9 percent of 10th graders and 25.5 percent of 12th graders. Many young people vape daily.
October 27, 2020 by heartland.org
RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: MICHIGAN GOVERNOR PROPOSES FLAVOR BAN THAT WOULD FURTHER HARM SMALL BUSINESSES
Last year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer enacted an “emergency” six-month flavor ban on vaping products, including mint and menthol, via an executive order and cooperation with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). Gov. Whitmer is now proposing another executive order that would harm Michigan vape shops and tobacco cessation efforts. This time, she is proposing a permanent ban on all flavors of nicotine-containing e-liquids, except for tobacco-flavored products.
October 26, 2020 by regulatorwatch.com
Cochrane Review | Vapes More Effective to Quit Smoking than Gum or Patch
One of the most hotly contested issues with regard to vaping is whether or not e-cigarettes are an effective tool in the battle to stamp out smoking. Joining us today on RegWatch is Dr. Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, from the Cochrane Tobacco Review Group. She is the lead researcher on the Cochrane review of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation, which released this month and further supports the growing evidence that vaping is an effective tool to quit smoking.
October 26, 2020 by masslive.com
A look back at four years of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts
As the four-year anniversary of the legalization of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts nears, the state has made monumental progress in moving an entire industry from the alleyways into the light.
As of Oct. 9, a total of 689 licenses have been approved in Massachusetts, which includes 268 retail establishments. In total, the commission has received 904 completed applications to operate in over 160 municipalities. As of Oct. 10, 77 dispensary locations have commenced operations in the state.
October 26, 2020 by missoulian.com
Businesses: Flavored tobacco ban will harm
The Missoula Area Chamber of Commerce and a number of local businesses are voicing opposition to a flavored tobacco product ban that the Missoula City Council will take up for vote on Monday, Oct. 26.
The Chamber said it does not support the proposed ban in a letter to Council last week, saying it would punish retailers who follow the law and only sell to legal-aged customers, and would not address the passage of legally-purchased products to underage users.
October 23, 2020 by ama-assn.org
Lawsuit on FDA’s tobacco, nicotine regulation policy dismissed
In 2009, Congress knew it needed to stop companies that manufactured tobacco and nicotine products from deceptively marketing new products such as “light cigarettes” and e-cigarettes as “healthier alternatives,” particularly to the nation’s youth. In an effort to stop those tactics, lawmakers passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) and charged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with putting new tobacco products through premarket reviews, including labeling and marketing plans. [...]
October 22, 2020 by nejm.org
Redoubling Efforts to Help Americans Quit Smoking — Federal Initiatives to Tackle the Country’s Longest-Running Epidemic
The 2020 U.S. Surgeon General’s report on smoking cessation is the first such report to focus on this topic since 1990. Its release came as the Department of Health and Human Services was investigating an outbreak of deadly lung injuries linked to the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products. Although these products pose a new public health challenge, we cannot lose sight of the fact that the burden of death and disease associated with tobacco use in the United States is still overwhelmingly caused by combusted tobacco products, especially conventional cigarettes. [...]
October 22, 2020 by clivebates.com
Twenty reasons to be sceptical about rules lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes - and what to do instead
To mark the annual US Food Drug and Law Institute Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference (21-23 Oct), where FDA traditionally gives an update on its plans for nicotine regulation, I thought it worth noting that the centrepiece of its comprehensive strategy for nicotine seems to have disappeared. This would be a proposed rule lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes with a view to making them sub-addictive – persuading adults to quit and adolescents to never start. The trouble is that consumers, markets, producers, and criminal networks have a way of thwarting such bold measures.