Mexico Bans Smoking in Hotels, Beaches, and Other Public Spaces
By: Michael Quinn If you’re planning a trip to Cancun, it might be best to leave the cigarettes at home. Mexico has just imposed a strict new law banning smoking in public places, including in hotels and on beaches. The legislation is some of the most restrictive of its kind worldwide. Outside areas at restaurants and […]
Juul to settle multistate youth vaping investigation for $438 million
BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL – 09/06/22 4:09 PM ET E-cigarette company Juul on Tuesday tentatively agreed to pay $438.5 million to settle an investigation by 34 states and territories into the company’s marketing and sales practices that were alleged to fuel the youth vaping crisis. The investigation found the company deliberately engaged in an advertising campaign that appealed […]
The End of the Illusion that Smoking Is a Choice
The Food and Drug Administration recently proposed lowering the nicotine content in cigarettes to less addictive levels. If adopted, this regulation would finally test one of the tobacco industry’s favorite claims: that smoking is a choice. Portraying smoking as a willful, personal decision has long allowed tobacco companies to promote cigarettes even while acknowledging their deadly risks. But the […]
FDA orders Juul e-cigarettes off the market, citing insufficient and conflicting data
Juul, the once-booming Silicon Valley start-up widely blamed for igniting the youth vaping epidemic, was grounded Thursday by federal regulators who ordered its e-cigarette products off the market, a move so sweeping that it surprised even some anti-tobacco advocates. The Food and Drug Administration denied Juul’s applications to continue selling e-cigarette devices and pre-filled cartridges in […]
Smoking Age Should Be Raised Each Year Until Cigarettes Effectively Banned, Review Says
A report commissioned by the UK government recommends raising the legal smoking age each year in a bid to phase out tobacco use among young people. If adopted, the measures would slot the UK among the most aggressive countries in trying to stamp out smoking, joining nations such as New Zealand, which plans a similar move, […]
New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations
Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year. “We want to make sure young people never start smoking,” Health Minister Dr. Ayesha Verall said. The move is part of a sweeping crackdown on smoking announced by New […]
Can Secondhand Smoke Transmit the Novel Coronavirus?
All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates page for the most recent information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say secondhand smoke from cigarettes as well as e-cigarettes can transmit the novel coronavirus farther than usual. They […]
STOP THE HATE
I was just watching Fareed Zakaria GPS, which airs on Sundays, and which I highly recommend. He closed this program with horrifying videos of young men running up to older men and violently pushing them to the ground. The rest of the story is that both men were of Asian descent. He went on to […]
Tools to Track Travel
For hapless travelers tired of dealing with “openings” that are not really open, there are some new information sources to turn to With the well-ordered world of travel totally disrupted by COVID-19 travel restrictions, new solutions have quickly developed to track what’s open, what’s not, and what travelers must do to thread the needle from Point […]
The Easy Way for Joe Biden to Save Lives
There’s an on-the-shelf policy the Biden administration could enact unilaterally that would save millions of American lives, without costing the government a single cent on the net. That policy, one pushed for but never implemented by the Trump administration, is eliminating most nicotine from tobacco products. It would not render cigarettes illegal; they would still […]