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which overwhelmingly passed its second reading last week - contains a clause suggesting people who knowingly market smoking or vaping-relating products could be locked up for two years.\r\n\r\nThe legislation, hailed by the government as the path to creating a smoke-free generation, would impose a UK-wide ban on the advertising, brand sharing and sponsorship of herb", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14150601\/Labour-jail-advertising-vapes-two-years.html", "tagIds": [ 226, 221, 103, 222, 112, 177, 158 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 14302, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 222, 112, 177, 158 ], "3": [ 226 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T14:20:32+00:00" }, "532760": { "id": 532760, "headlineText": "E-cigarette makers hope Supreme Court will give Trump a chance to greenlight flavored vapes", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Makers of e-cigarettes tried to persuade the Supreme Court on Monday to order a new evaluation of their vaping products in hopes the incoming Trump administration will reverse restrictions on flavors like \u201cJimmy the Juice Man Peachy Strawberry\u201d and \u201cSuicide Bunny Mother's Milk and Cookies.\u201d\r\n\r\n\u201cWe have a new administration coming in,\u201d Eric Heyer, an attorney representing two vaping companies told the justices. \u201cThe president-elect is on record saying, `I\u2019m going to save flavored vapes.\u2019\u201d\r\n\r\nUnder the Biden administration, the Food and Drug Administration has rejected more than a million products flavored to taste like fruit, candy or desserts. . . .\r\n\r\n the lawyer representing Triton Distribution and Vapetasia LLC told the Supreme Court that the FDA never told the companies they had to show their products are more effective than tobacco flavored e-cigarettes at getting adults to switch from conventional cigarettes. \r\n\r\nHeyer called that a \u201cmassive sea change.\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/12\/02\/supreme-court-trump-flavored-vapes\/76693085007\/", "tagIds": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 223, 830, 104, 114, 108, 5, 14 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 242, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 14 ], "2": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 223, 830, 104, 114, 108 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Food and Drug Administration has rejected more than a million vaping products flavored to taste like fruit, candy or desserts.", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T09:05:42+00:00" }, "532759": { "id": 532759, "headlineText": "Supreme Court grapples with flavored vape ban: Key takeaways", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Here\u2019s what to know about FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments: \r\n\r\nJustices seemed sympathetic to FDA\r\n\r\nThe case centered on an FDA appeal of a ruling by the ultraconservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that said the agency unfairly changed its standards while reviewing the companies\u2019 applications.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5018491-flavored-e-cigarettes-fda-regulation\/", "tagIds": [ 221, 223, 104, 99, 14 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26131, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 14 ], "2": [ 221, 223, 104, 99 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Justice Brett Kavanaugh said, after the agency reviews the application and rejects it because of the risks to youth, \u201cit\u2019s kind of the end of it, isn\u2019t it?\u201d His view was shared by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who seemed to agree FDA hadn\u2019t meaningfully cha", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:58:55+00:00" }, "532758": { "id": 532758, "headlineText": "The Zyn Craze: Nicotine's New Disguise", "sourceDate": "2024-03-05T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Solutions: Marketing tactics that target teens aren\u2019t going to stop. It\u2019s best to educate teens on the dangers of smoking and get to the underlying roots of why they want to do it. Here are a few tips from the American Heart Association. \r\n\r\nRaise cigarette prices. As teens are often financially provided for by a parent or guardian, raising the price can deter would-be smokers.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/wordinblack.com\/2024\/03\/the-zyn-craze-nicotines-new-disguise\/", "tagIds": [ 116, 184, 168, 188, 99, 140, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 28139, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 116, 184, 168, 188, 99, 140, 108 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Nicotine's new face: Zyn, a pouch product, has been trending on social media. But is it a health hazard for young people?", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:56:28+00:00" }, "532757": { "id": 532757, "headlineText": "Menthol Killed a Generation of Black Smokers. It\u2019s Still Not Banned", "sourceDate": "2024-03-22T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The two former smokers, both of whom are Black, are part of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention anti-smoking ad campaign, \u201cTips from Former Smokers,\u201d launched in February. The videos show former smokers talking about the dangers of cigarettes, and giving advice on how to kick the habit. \r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s noteworthy about the campaign, however, is that the subjects in six of the seven new ads talk explicitly about menthol cigarettes. And it launches amid concerns that \u2014 after years of discussions and stalled plans \u2014 the Food and Drug Administration has yet to ban sales of menthol cigarettes outright. . . .\r\n\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, industry giants like Altria, the parent company of cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, continue selling the product, targeting its sales to Black communities, including children and teens. \r\n\r\nReynolds, the grandson of tobacco baron R.J. Reynolds, says it\u2019s clear that big tobacco \u201chas targeted African Americans.\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/wordinblack.com\/2024\/03\/menthol-killed-a-generation-of-black-smokers-its-still-not-banned\/", "tagIds": [ 103, 107, 184, 222, 223, 99, 158, 10 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 28139, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 107, 184, 222, 223, 99, 158 ], "1": [ 10 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Lobbying and White House delays keep menthol cigarettes on the shelves, even though it kills tens of thousands of Black people a year.", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:53:22+00:00" }, "532756": { "id": 532756, "headlineText": "Not 21? No ID? No Tobacco For You", "sourceDate": "2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A new FDA rule could keep cigarettes and other tobacco products out of the hands of minors, but the agency still hasn't moved on a proposed menthol cigarette ban, which has long been a scourge in the Black community.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/wordinblack.com\/2024\/10\/tobacco-teens-sales-ban-over-21\/", "tagIds": [ 184, 223, 99, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 28139, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 184, 223, 99, 108 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Thomas Carr, director of nationwide policy for the American Lung Association, says although his organization is dedicated to respiratory health, it opposes laws \u201cthat punish underage people for the purchase, possession and use of tobacco products.\u201d", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:50:06+00:00" }, "532755": { "id": 532755, "headlineText": "Big Tobacco vs. Black Folks: Guess Who\u2019s Still Winning?", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "But last week, the nation\u2019s top doctor issued a report that found that people of color, people with low incomes, and members of the LGBT community still have disproportionately high smoking rates. \r\n\r\nDespite decades of strict anti-tobacco-related laws and a historic lawsuit intended to punish the tobacco industry, disparate smoking rates in marginalized communities have increased since 2000, the report finds.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/wordinblack.com\/2024\/12\/tobacco-marketing-cigarettes-black-people\/", "tagIds": [ 103, 123, 184, 222, 99 ], "marking": "promoted", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 123, 184, 222, 99 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 28139, "subhead": "With the industry\u2019s \u201caggressive, highly specific marketing\u201d it\u2019s no wonder Black men have the most deaths from lung cancer.", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:46:36+00:00" }, "532754": { "id": 532754, "headlineText": "Circle K Fights How Denver Counts Tobacco-To-School Span ($$)", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The convenience store chain Circle K is suing Denver to challenge the city's application of a law requiring tobacco sales occur no closer than 1,000 feet from schools, alleging in a state court complaint that an erroneous approach to distance measurements will limit Circle K's ability to open new stores.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.law360.com\/foodbeverage\/articles\/2268039", "tagIds": [ 767, 103, 135, 183, 830, 104, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 18198, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 135, 183, 830, 104, 108 ], "5": [ 767 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:42:26+00:00" }, "532753": { "id": 532753, "headlineText": "Supreme Court wrestles with FDA\u2019s attempt to curb access to flavored vapes", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Supreme Court on Monday pressed the Food and Drug Administration on whether it followed the law in its effort to keep flavored e-cigarettes off shelves, weighing a lawsuit from a multibillion-dollar industry that has come under scrutiny because its products are popular with school-aged children.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/02\/politics\/supreme-court-fda-flavored-vaping\/index.html", "tagIds": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 223, 104, 108, 5, 14 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 8897, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 14 ], "2": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 223, 104, 108 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:40:42+00:00" }, "532752": { "id": 532752, "headlineText": "East Providence police crack down on illegal flavored vapes", "sourceDate": "2024-07-03T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "East Providence police are increasing enforcement of a state law banning the sale of flavored vape products to minors.\r\n\r\nThe department recently conducted compliance checks in collaboration with the East Providence Prevention Coalition (EPPC).\r\n\r\nDuring these checks, they found one local retailer was in possession of $22,000 worth of prohibited Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) products, commonly known as vapes or e-cigarettes, and had sold them to a minor.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/news\/local-news\/providence\/east-providence-police-crack-down-on-illegal-flavored-vapes\/", "tagIds": [ 801, 221, 103, 223, 112, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 11845, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 223, 112, 108 ], "5": [ 801 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:34:29+00:00" }, "532751": { "id": 532751, "headlineText": "DANIELS: Keep flavored vapes away from our kids and stop the supply chain | Opinion", "sourceDate": "2024-06-01T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "I strongly support Gov. Dan McKee\u2019s proposal to codify the current regulations and significantly improve enforcement. I encourage you to stand alongside me, thousands of parents, our teachers and school administrators, pediatricians and health advocates, who are urging the immediate passage of this legislation. \r\n\r\nArticle 6 of the proposed budget would strengthen the existing state regulations banning candy-flavored e-cigarettes and help ensure stores stop putting the illegal products into the hands of kids. Please call your state reps now and urge them to support this language. \r\n\r\nWorking together with federal partners, our state can and must enforce laws protecting kids from these products in an effective and equitable manner. I want to make it very clear: The supply chain \u2212 the manufacturers, distributors, importers and retailers \u2212 must be the focus of enforcement activity. Enforcement should not be focused on the children who are sold illegal products.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/2024\/06\/01\/article-6-of-the-proposed-budget-would-strengthen-the-existing-state-regulations-banning-candy-flavo\/73822673007\/", "tagIds": [ 801, 221, 103, 107, 178, 223, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 107, 178, 223, 108 ], "5": [ 801 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 1276, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:32:04+00:00" }, "532750": { "id": 532750, "headlineText": "Two Vape Retailers Sue RI in Federal Court to Block New Law, Claim It Will Force Closure", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Two Rhode Island vape retailers are taking on the State of Rhode Island and trying to stop the implementation of a state law that bans flavored vaping products.\r\nThe two small businesses claim that the law will devastate their operations as they derive 70% of their income from selling flavored vaping products.\r\n\r\nThe businesses and the jobs they provide will not be able to survive, the stores in the 26-page lawsuit filed in federal court in the District of Rhode Island.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.golocalprov.com\/news\/two-vape-retailers-sue-rhode-island-in-federal-court-to-block-new-law", "tagIds": [ 801, 221, 103, 107, 223, 830, 104 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 20163, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 103, 107, 223, 830, 104 ], "5": [ 801 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:28:03+00:00" }, "532749": { "id": 532749, "headlineText": "VIDEO: Supreme Court weighs FDA ban on flavored vapes", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Supreme Court justices grappled Monday with arguments about the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) regulation of flavored electronic cigarettes \u2014 and whether the agency acted unfairly in its decision to bar two companies from marketing their products with flavors the agency deemed were a risk to young people. 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The bad news is that \"in the meantime, e-cigarettes have filled the vacuum,\" he says. Indeed, in 2023, over 2.1 million youth, including 10% of high schoolers, reported e-cigarette use. The U.S. Surgeon General has found that \"nicotine exposure during adolescence can impact, learning, memory, and attention\" and can also increase risk for future addiction to other drugs, including a substantial risk of progression to cigarette smoking.\"", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/12\/02\/nx-s1-5205471\/fda-vaping-supreme-court", "tagIds": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 168, 104, 140, 108, 5, 14 ], "marking": "promoted", "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 14 ], "2": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 168, 104, 140, 108 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's rejection of some e-cigarettes. High schoolers are at the center of the case.", "mediaId": 8963, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:11:21+00:00" }, "532747": { "id": 532747, "headlineText": "VIDEO: Massachusetts curbs flavored tobacco, vapes sale", "sourceDate": "2024-09-24T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Massachusetts on Wednesday adopted the country\u2019s toughest ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, in response to a rise in youth vaping and an outbreak of vaping-related serious lung injuries.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/video\/watch\/idRCV007JGG\/", "tagIds": [ 781, 221, 116, 223, 830 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 25941, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 116, 223, 830 ], "5": [ 781 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T08:01:44+00:00" }, "532746": { "id": 532746, "headlineText": "P1.3-M smuggled cigarettes seized in Nueva Ecija checkpoint", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Police seized 75 boxes of smuggled cigarettes valued at P1.3 million in a checkpoint in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija on Saturday, Nov. 30.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/mb.com.ph\/2024\/12\/2\/p1-3-m-smuggled-cigarettes-seized-in-nueva-ecija-checkpoint", "tagIds": [ 377, 262, 112 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9005, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 112 ], "3": [ 377, 262 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:52:49+00:00" }, "532745": { "id": 532745, "headlineText": "Lukashenko: Alcohol and tobacco sector will stay under state control", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Belarus will retain state control over the alcohol and tobacco sector, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he made personnel decisions on 2 December, BelTA has learned.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/eng.belta.by\/president\/view\/lukashenko-alcohol-and-tobacco-sector-will-stay-under-state-control-163536-2024\/", "tagIds": [ 254, 406, 103, 183, 191, 214 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 23448, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 183, 191, 214 ], "3": [ 254, 406 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:48:38+00:00" }, "532744": { "id": 532744, "headlineText": "Supreme Court grapples with FDA's refusal to approve flavored vapes", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Supreme Court on Monday probed whether the Food and Drug Administration unlawfully refused to approve flavored e-cigarettes over public health concerns.\r\n\r\nDuring the oral argument, a majority of the nine justices appeared unconvinced that the agency had changed its standard for evaluating whether to approval products in the middle of the proceeding, as two companies argue.\r\n\r\nBut it is still possible the court could find fault in the agency's approach.\r\n\r\nThe court has a 6-3 conservative majority that is often skeptical of federal agency decision-making.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-hears-fight-fdas-refusal-approve-flavored-vapes-rcna182018", "tagIds": [ 221, 103, 222, 223, 104, 5, 14 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 21538, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 14 ], "2": [ 221, 103, 222, 223, 104 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The case focuses on challenges brought by Triton Distribution, which makes e-liquids for vape pens with colorfully named flavors, including Signature Series Mom\u2019s Pistachio and Suicide Bunny Mother\u2019s Milk and Cookies, and Vapestasia, which has sought appr", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:46:00+00:00" }, "532743": { "id": 532743, "headlineText": "Rival union official says Atlantic City casino union boss should resign for opposing a smoking ban", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Workers pushing for an end to smoking in Atlantic City casinos say the main employee union has been won over by tobacco companies seeking allies in the fight against smoking restrictions.\r\n\r\nAn official of a union involved in the anti-smoking push on Monday called for the head of the Atlantic City casino workers\u2019 union, Donna DeCaprio, to resign for failing to protect her members from the dangers of secondhand smoke.\r\n\r\nDeCaprio is president of Local 54 of the Unite Here union, which opposes a smoking ban on the grounds that so much business would be lost by smokers taking their money elsewhere that it could cause one or more casinos to shut down, costing thousands of workers their jobs.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/atlantic-city-casino-smoking-gambling-lawsuit-ec4371dc73aa8148c842deb15bd33935", "tagIds": [ 793, 117, 182, 175, 156, 198, 830, 194 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 117, 182, 175, 156, 198, 830, 194 ], "5": [ 793 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:42:42+00:00" }, "532742": { "id": 532742, "headlineText": "The court ordered to pay a fine of UAH 4.5 million to the Ukrainian budget for counterfeiting Philip Morris cigarettes", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Court of the Chernivtsi Region has sentenced three members of an organized criminal group who systematically exported counterfeit cigarettes disguised as empty gas carriers abroad. The case involves more than 800,000 cigarettes, including tobacco products bearing the Marlboro trademark, owned by Philip Morris Brands Sarl.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/ukranews.com\/en\/news\/1050481-the-court-ordered-to-pay-a-fine-of-uah-4-5-million-to-the-ukrainian-budget-for-counterfeiting", "tagIds": [ 289, 103, 112, 2 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 12713, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 2 ], "2": [ 103, 112 ], "3": [ 289 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:31:50+00:00" }, "532741": { "id": 532741, "headlineText": "GoM wants 35 per cent GST on tobacco, aerated drinks", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The group of ministers (GoM) on the goods and service tax (GST) rate rationalisation has proposed a \u2018special rate\u2019 of 35% on several sin items such as tobacco, tobacco products and aerated beverages, sharply increasing the tax incidence on these products.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/policy\/economy-gom-wants-35-per-cent-gst-on-tobacco-aerated-drinks-3682459\/", "tagIds": [ 313, 278, 118, 214, 830 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9517, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 118, 214, 830 ], "3": [ 313, 278 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The creation of a new special rate would lead to a further increase in the number of slabs against the stated goal of reducing their number.", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:27:38+00:00" }, "532740": { "id": 532740, "headlineText": "GST On Cigarettes, Tobacco, Aerated Beverages May Be Hiked To 35%", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The GoM on GST rate rationalisation on Monday decided to hike tax on sin goods like aerated beverages, cigarettes, tobacco and related products to 35 per cent from the present 28 per cent, an official said.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/gst-on-cigarettes-tobacco-aerated-beverages-may-be-hiked-to-35-7157680", "tagIds": [ 278, 118 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 11933, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 118 ], "3": [ 278 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:17:31+00:00" }, "532739": { "id": 532739, "headlineText": "UP Shocker: Man Falls to His Death While Spitting Tobacco From Moving Bus", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Lucknow: A 65-year-old man fell to his death while trying to spit tobacco from a moving bus. The incident reportedly took place on the Purvanchal Expressway when the bus was on its way to Azamgarh from Lucknow.The deceased has been identified as Ram Jiyawan, a resident of Chhatri Road, Chinhat.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.msn.com\/", "tagIds": [ 278, 150, 109, 188 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 24339, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 150, 109, 188 ], "3": [ 278 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "\"The passenger was chewing tobacco. He opened the bus door to spit, but he lost his balance and fell out of the moving vehicle. He died on the spot due to the injuries,\"", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:15:38+00:00" }, "532738": { "id": 532738, "headlineText": "CULLIP\/BATE: Lessons from the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control for the WHO Pandemic Treaty", "sourceDate": "2024-11-26T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Unfortunately, the WHO in general and the FCTC in particular has succumbed to ideological positions that deny the best science and policies. The organization\u2019s attack on vaping and other forms of THR have stalled efforts to lower smoking, the greatest preventable threat to health. The WHO\u2019s response to COVID was likewise weak, also not based in science, and highly political. Its advice is often contradictory and counterproductive.\r\n\r\nThe WHO is today once again pushing to establish and govern a pandemic treaty. But given the experience of COVID and the FCTC, it would be unwise to entrust WHO with such an endeavor.95 Should there be any role for WHO in pandemic preparedness? Perhaps, but giving it more power to direct responses without significant changes in the way it operates would be premature.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/laweconcenter.org\/resources\/lessons-from-the-who-framework-convention-on-tobacco-control-for-the-who-pandemic-treaty\/", "tagIds": [ 221, 116, 101, 178, 196, 830, 215, 32, 6 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 32, 6 ], "2": [ 221, 116, 101, 178, 196, 830, 215 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 28138, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T05:11:21+00:00" }, "532736": { "id": 532736, "headlineText": "Teen vaping hits a decade-low. Could Supreme Court review of flavored vapes reverse this?", "sourceDate": "2024-12-01T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Now the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday about whether one of the moves that contributed to that decline \u2013 the federal government\u2019s blocking of millions of e-cigarette products with flavors like \u201cJimmy the Juice Man Peachy Strawberry,\u201d \u201cKiller Kustard,\u201d and \u201cIced Pineapple Express\u201d \u2013 was correctly handled.\r\n\r\nMakers of flavored e-liquids argue the Food and Drug Administration improperly changed the rules midstream on how the products would be evaluated.\r\n\r\n\u201cFDA\u2019s regulatory regime has been anything but reasonable,\u201d a group of businesses and trade associations representing the industry told the court.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/12\/01\/supreme-court-flavored-vapes-ecigarettes-fda\/76619522007\/", "tagIds": [ 107, 223, 830, 104, 138, 108, 5, 14 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 242, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 14 ], "2": [ 107, 223, 830, 104, 138, 108 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Was the government right to reject \"Jimmy the Juice Man Peachy Strawberry,\u201d \u201cKiller Kustard,\u201d and \u201cIced Pineapple Express\"? The Supreme Court weighs in.", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T04:44:49+00:00" }, "532735": { "id": 532735, "headlineText": "Generational Tobacco Ban", "sourceDate": "2024-11-27T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Generational Tobacco Ban, or Lifetime Tobacco Ban, refers to banning cigarette or tobacco sales to anyone born after a certain date (at any point in their lifetime regardless of how old they are) to make smoking \u201ca thing of the past\u201d. Technically speaking, it could also be defined as steadily raising legal smoking age by one year every year until no one is eligible to buy cigarettes or tobacco products. The idea, originated from New Zealand, has been a matter of discussion across the world.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/tobaccoinsider.com\/generational-tobacco-ban\/", "tagIds": [ 116, 103, 101, 222, 108 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 116, 103, 101, 222, 108 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 28137, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T04:39:38+00:00" }, "532734": { "id": 532734, "headlineText": "British lawmakers vote in favour of strict anti-smoking rules", "sourceDate": "2024-11-29T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to make vapes less appealing and would ensure anyone aged 15 this year, or younger would be banned from ever buying cigarettes.\r\n\r\nAfter a lengthy debate in the parliament's House of Commons, a total of 415 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill while 47 voted against it.\r\n\r\nIt would ban vape advertising and the sale of vapes in vending machines, as well as restricting vape packaging and flavours that overtly appeal to children and young people, such as bubble gum and cotton candy.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/britains-parliament-vote-strict-anti-smoking-rules-2024-11-26\/", "tagIds": [ 226, 221, 117, 177, 158, 138 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 25941, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 221, 117, 177, 158, 138 ], "3": [ 226 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T04:27:34+00:00" }, "532733": { "id": 532733, "headlineText": "US Supreme Court wrestles with FDA denial of flavored vape products", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The U.S. Supreme Court examined on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's refusal to let two e-cigarette companies sell flavored vape products that regulators consider a health risk to youths, while the lawyer for the businesses suggested President-elect Donald Trump could steer a different course.\r\nThe justices heard arguments in an appeal filed by the FDA under outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden's administration of a lower court's decision that the agency had failed to follow proper legal procedures under federal law when it rejected the applications to sell these nicotine-containing products. . . \r\n\r\nTrump's return could prompt a shift in the U.S. government's approach to flavored vape products. Heyer alluded to Trump's vow during his campaign to \"save vaping,\" despite having supported a ban on flavored vaping products during his first presidential administration.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/us-supreme-court-scrutinize-fda-denial-flavored-vape-products-2024-12-02\/", "tagIds": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 223, 104, 177, 140, 108, 5 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 25941, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 221, 103, 107, 222, 223, 104, 177, 140, 108 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T04:21:57+00:00" }, "532732": { "id": 532732, "headlineText": "At the Turning Point", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "For years, Belarus has been under scrutiny for its alleged distribution of illegal counterfeit cigarettes, a practice that is now under severe pressure in the current political landscape. This pressure casts a shadow of uncertainty over the industry\u2019s future.\r\n\r\nA cornerstone of the Belarus national budget, the tobacco industry contributed BYR2.5 billion ($76.45 million) in 2023. However, the industry is now facing alarming trends, as highlighted by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during a governmental meeting in August 2024.\r\n\r\nThe reasons for the existing challenges might be different, Lukashenko vaguely said, emphasizing that despite that, \u201cIt is necessary to develop measures to preserve production and export volumes to the maximum extent possible.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe Belarusian tobacco industry has been shrouded in secrecy for over a decade. . . \r\n\r\nAround 13 billion cigarettes are exported, of which 8.6 billion end up in Russia and 4.3 billion in the EU. . . .\r\n\r\n\r\nHowever, Belarus remains the absolute leader in the supply of illegal \u201cwhite\u201d cigarettes, which mean those smuggled and sold under their own brands to European countries.\r\n\r\nIn this category, Belarus holds a staggering 43 percent share in total deliveries to Europe.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/tobaccoreporter.com\/2024\/12\/02\/at-the-turning-point\/", "tagIds": [ 254, 261, 406, 103, 101, 112 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9239, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 101, 112 ], "3": [ 254, 261, 406 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Belarus\u2019 role in the illicit cigarette trade is under scrutiny.", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T04:09:26+00:00" }, "532731": { "id": 532731, "headlineText": "Cigarette smuggling boosted New Hampshire revenues by nearly $1 billion over 15 years", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "New Hampshire is the No. 3 state in the country for outbound cigarette smuggling, resulting in a revenue windfall, concludes the latest annual report on interstate cigarette smuggling from the Tax Foundation and Mackinac Center for Public Policy.\r\n\r\nFrom 2007-2022, New Hampshire earned $955 million in state revenue from cigarette buyers who then smuggled their purchases to higher-tax states . . . \r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cHigher tax rates incentivize smuggling. As tax rates increase, consumers and suppliers search for ways around these costs. In cigarette markets, consumers tend to shop across borders where the tax rates are lower and dealers develop black and gray markets to sell illegally to consumers, paying little or no tax at all. Growing cigarette tax levels and differentials have made cigarette smuggling both a national problem and a lucrative criminal enterprise,\u201d the report states.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/jbartlett.org\/2024\/12\/cigarette-smuggling-boosted-new-hampshire-revenues-by-nearly-1-billion-over-15-years\/", "tagIds": [ 112, 118, 194, 792, 830 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 112, 118, 194, 830 ], "5": [ 792 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 28136, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T04:04:59+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532730": { "id": 532730, "headlineText": "New Report Shows Kid-Friendly Flavors Drove Surge in E-Cigarette Sales, But State Restrictions Work to Reduce Sales and Protect Kids", "sourceDate": "2024-11-21T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A new report issued today by the CDC Foundation and Truth Initiative shows that e-cigarette sales at U.S. retail stores increased by 47% from 2019 to 2023, with kid-friendly flavored products accounting for more than 80% of e-cigarette sales in 2023. Almost all of these flavored products lack FDA authorization and are on the market illegally.\r\n\r\nIn more positive news, the report finds that states with comprehensive statewide policies prohibiting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes have seen dramatic decreases in sales.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/press-releases\/2024_11_21_new-report-shows-kid-friendly-flavors-drove-surge-in-e-cigarette-sales", "tagIds": [ 69, 108, 171, 221, 223, 830 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9058, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 69 ], "2": [ 108, 171, 221, 223, 830 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:58:33+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532729": { "id": 532729, "headlineText": "Kyrgyzstan Adopts New Measures to Protect Young People from E-cigarette Epidemic", "sourceDate": "2024-11-27T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The president of the Kyrgyz Republic signed into law new measures that will protect millions of young people from addiction to tobacco and nicotine. The new law will prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes throughout the country and strengthen the country\u2019s current smoke-free law by prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes in smoke-free environments. It is set to be enforced beginning in July 2025. \r\n\r\nFor years, tobacco and e-cigarette companies have aggressively targeted young people with e-cigarette marketing campaigns designed to make addictive products seem cool.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/press-releases\/2024_11_27_kyrgyzstan-adopts-new-measures-to-protect-young-people-from-e-cigarette-epidemic", "tagIds": [ 69, 99, 108, 116, 158, 168, 221, 313, 357 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9058, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 69 ], "2": [ 99, 108, 116, 158, 168, 221 ], "3": [ 313, 357 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Statement of Joshua Abrams, Regional Director of Eurasia Programs, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:56:50+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532728": { "id": 532728, "headlineText": "Kenya Supreme Court Upholds Strong Tobacco Control Law, Dismisses Frivolous Lawsuit", "sourceDate": "2024-11-26T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Kenyan Supreme Court has delivered yet another decisive blow to opponents of proven tobacco control policies \u2013 including tobacco giant British American Tobacco - who have for years sought to derail strong tobacco control laws in Kenya. The court dismissed efforts by plaintiffs to continue legal challenges to Kenya\u2019s tobacco control law, more than five years after the law was upheld by the Supreme Court. The court rightly called the attempt \u201cfrivolous, misguided and an abuse of the judicial process.\u201d \r\n\r\nFor years, British American Tobacco and other opponents of Kenya\u2019s tobacco control laws have tried to abuse the legal system in Kenya", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/press-releases\/2024_11_26_kenya-supreme-court-upholds-strong-tobacco-control-law", "tagIds": [ 69, 103, 104, 107, 108, 116, 222, 256 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9058, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 69 ], "2": [ 103, 104, 107, 108, 116, 222 ], "3": [ 256 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:55:22+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532727": { "id": 532727, "headlineText": "In Victory for Public Health, U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Tobacco Industry\u2019s Challenge to Graphic Cigarette Warnings", "sourceDate": "2024-11-25T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Today\u2019s Supreme Court action makes clear that the FDA\u2019s graphic warnings do not violate the First Amendment and removes the biggest legal hurdle to implementing these warnings. The case will now return to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas to resolve tobacco industry claims involving administrative law. The FDA has indicated that it will begin enforcing the graphic warnings requirement in December 2025.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/press-releases\/2024_11_25_warnings", "tagIds": [ 14, 49, 69, 99, 104, 108, 138 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 9058, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 14, 49, 69 ], "2": [ 99, 104, 108, 138 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Truth Initiative", "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:53:46+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532726": { "id": 532726, "headlineText": "Auditor General DeFoor Releases Tobacco Settlement Fund Audits for 33 Health Care Facilities in 18 Counties", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of tobacco settlement fund audits for 48 health care facilities in Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Cambria, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lehigh, Mercer, Montour, Philadelphia, , Wayne and York counties.\r\n\r\n\u201cOur audits ensure hospitals have documentation to support the receipt of tobacco settlement funds before receiving reimbursement for uncompensated care,\u201d Auditor General DeFoor said.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.paauditor.gov\/auditor-general-defoor-releases-tobacco-settlement-fund-audits-for-33-health-care-facilities-in-18-counties\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 111, 185, 191, 209, 800 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27213, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 111, 185, 191, 209 ], "5": [ 800 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:28:44+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532725": { "id": 532725, "headlineText": "Massachusetts lawmakers push 'generational tobacco ban'", "sourceDate": "2024-11-29T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.\r\n\r\nOther locations have weighed similar \u201cgenerational tobacco bans,\u201d which phase out the use of tobacco products based not just on a person\u2019s age but on birth year.\r\n\r\nUnder a Massachusetts law signed in 2018, the age to buy any tobacco product \u2014 including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes \u2014 was raised to 21. Massachusetts also has banned the sale of all flavored tobacco products in an effort to reduce youth interest in nicotine.\r\n\r\nThe new proposal, which lawmakers plan to file next year, would expand the effort to curb smoking by gradually ending all sales of nicotine and tobacco products.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/massachusetts-generational-tobacco-ban-c8f18b1a30e65df8f04e28a33eb259ea", "tagIds": [ 99, 108, 177, 781 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 108, 177 ], "5": [ 781 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:22:27+00:00", "editionId": 8534 }, "532724": { "id": 532724, "headlineText": "Supreme Court doesn't seem convinced FDA was unfair in blocking flavored vapes teen use increased", "sourceDate": "2024-12-02T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A majority of Supreme Court justices didn\u2019t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.\r\n\r\nThe conservative-majority court did raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration crackdown that included denials of more than a million nicotine products formulated to taste like fruit, dessert or candy. Teen vaping use has since dropped to its lowest level in a decade, but the agency could change its approach after the inauguration next month of President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to \u201csave\u201d vaping.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-vaping-youth-ecigarette-trump-administration-f6f4622e0d16f1b03387683537c2d381", "tagIds": [ 5, 14, 104, 107, 108, 177, 221, 223 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 14 ], "2": [ 104, 107, 108, 177, 221, 223 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2024-12-03T03:18:29+00:00", "editionId": 8534 } }, "totalCount": 40 }