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Connecticut\u2019s civil investigative demands seek comprehensive information regarding the sale of non-tobacco nicotine products, and the wholesalers and distributors supplying them. Attorneys general from nine states nationwide today announced related enforcement actions, including investigations and litigation.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/ag\/press-releases\/2025-press-releases\/attorney-general-tong-announces-crackdown-on-bootleg-ecigarettes", "tagIds": [ 103, 108, 112, 140, 191, 222, 768 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 25275, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 108, 112, 140, 191, 222 ], "5": [ 768 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:42:41+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533203": { "id": 533203, "headlineText": "Lawsuit targets Herkimer County vape shop over illegal sales practices", "sourceDate": "2025-01-16T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "New York Attorney General Letitia James, in collaboration with the New York State Department of Health (DOH), has filed a lawsuit against G Smoke 360 Corp. and Liberty Smokeland. These companies, operating a vape shop in Ilion, Herkimer County, along with their owners Galal Kaid and Ali Al Shugaa, are accused of violating state laws by selling flavored e-cigarettes to minors and operating without necessary licenses.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/legalnewsline.com\/stories\/668044629-lawsuit-targets-herkimer-county-vape-shop-over-illegal-sales-practices", "tagIds": [ 103, 108, 112, 221, 223, 796 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 16977, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 108, 112, 221, 223 ], "5": [ 796 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:39:48+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533200": { "id": 533200, "headlineText": "Minnesota is suing a company for marketing 'High Light Vapes' to children", "sourceDate": "2025-01-16T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Ellison says the company makes e-cigarette products that mimic highlighters and are designed to be easily concealable and usable by school-age children.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.kimt.com\/news\/minnesota\/minnesota-is-suing-a-company-for-marketing-high-light-vapes-to-children\/article_cb3faffa-d42a-11ef-9978-9ff763adcce8.html", "tagIds": [ 104, 108, 158, 221, 785 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 12415, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 108, 158, 221 ], "5": [ 785 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:36:27+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533202": { "id": 533202, "headlineText": "Minnesota AG sues e-cigarette manufacturer over 'stealthy' appearance", "sourceDate": "2025-01-17T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing an e-cigarette manufacturer over its \"stealthy\" appearance as highlighters, which he alleges is designed to appeal to children.\r\n\r\nLos Angeles-based High Light Vapes is the maker of the e-cigarette products, which the attorney's general office describes as \"easily concealable and usable by school-age children.\"", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/bringmethenews.com\/minnesota-news\/minnesota-ag-sues-e-cigarette-manufacturer-over-stealthy-appearance", "tagIds": [ 103, 108, 138, 158, 221, 785 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 25296, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 108, 138, 158, 221 ], "5": [ 785 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The vapes are disguised as highlighters.", "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:35:04+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533201": { "id": 533201, "headlineText": "Attorney General Ellison sues e-cigarette manufacturer, launches investigation of another", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Ellison today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against High Light Vapes for violating state laws against deceptive tobacco marketing, marketing vapes to children, and consumer fraud, and has launched an investigation into e-cigarette manufacturer Loon to determine whether Loon has violated these or similar laws.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.ag.state.mn.us\/Office\/Communications\/2025\/01\/16_HighLightVapes.asp", "tagIds": [ 103, 104, 108, 138, 158, 191, 221, 785 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26488, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 104, 108, 138, 158, 191, 221 ], "5": [ 785 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:32:06+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533199": { "id": 533199, "headlineText": "AG Ellison sues maker of vapes designed to look like highlighters", "sourceDate": "2025-01-16T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Thursday he is suing the maker of Highlight Vape, alleging they violate state law prohibiting the sale of vape products that mimic children\u2019s school supplies.\r\n\r\nThe vapes resemble highlighters \u2014 complete with a cap and a chisel tip \u2014 and come in an array of bright colors and fruity flavors that Ellison alleges are marketed toward minors.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/kstp.com\/kstp-news\/local-news\/ag-ellison-sues-maker-of-vapes-designed-to-look-like-highlighters\/", "tagIds": [ 104, 112, 138, 221, 785 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 14494, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 112, 138, 221 ], "5": [ 785 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:27:44+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533198": { "id": 533198, "headlineText": "FDA Authorization of Flavored Zyn Products Ignores Appeal to Kids and Risks Another Juul", "sourceDate": "2025-01-16T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The FDA today has set a dangerous precedent that puts the nation\u2019s kids at risk by authorizing the sale of 20 Zyn nicotine pouch products with flavors that clearly appeal to kids, including chill, citrus, cool mint and peppermint. The FDA\u2019s decision is deeply troubling given the extensive scientific evidence that flavored tobacco products appeal to kids and the fact that nicotine pouches were the only category of tobacco product that saw an increase in youth use last year. The FDA is sanctioning a flavored tobacco product that is already increasing in popularity with kids and repeating the mistakes it made with Juul that resulted in the youth e-cigarette epidemic.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/press-releases\/2025_01_16-fda-authorization-flavored-zyn-products", "tagIds": [ 5, 69, 104, 107, 108, 188, 223, 869 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 9058, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 69 ], "2": [ 104, 107, 108, 188, 223 ], "4": [ 869 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids", "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:23:28+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533197": { "id": 533197, "headlineText": "Amid payment disputes by tobacco giants, Ohio makes reserve draw ($$)", "sourceDate": "2025-01-16T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Less than five years after Ohio restructured the credit to avoid a default, the Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority needed a debt service reserve draw to pay holders of its tobacco settlement securitization bonds.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/today.westlaw.com\/Document\/Id124eb00d34011ef8dd5ee38aea1ce52\/View\/FullText.html?transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=%28sc.Default%29&firstPage=true", "tagIds": [ 103, 111, 130, 185, 222, 797 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 111, 130, 185, 222 ], "5": [ 797 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 16297, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:16:43+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533196": { "id": 533196, "headlineText": "Holy Smokes: Is Your Tobacco Surcharge Program Compliant?", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A \u201ctobacco surcharge\u201d is part of many employers\u2019 wellness programs, where the employer charges tobacco users higher health insurance premiums than non-tobacco users. A typical tobacco surcharge program will ask an employee if they are tobacco-free and will impose the surcharge on tobacco users unless the tobacco user completes a smoking cessation program.\r\n\r\nAmong a slew of recent class action litigation involving employers\u2019 tobacco surcharge programs, the outdoor retailer Bass Pro Shops recently agreed to a $4.95M settlement for a lawsuit filed last spring alleging that the surcharge Bass Pro Shops required tobacco users to pay for their health insurance was unlawful. This settlement should prompt employers who have a tobacco surcharge program to review their program to make sure it\u2019s compliant. . . \r\n\r\n\r\nWith limited exceptions, HIPAA prohibits an employer\u2019s health plan from discriminating against participants based on a health status factor, such as charging an employee a higher premium due to the employee\u2019s health condition. One such exception is a wellness program that is part of an employer\u2019s health plan that meets certain requirements. Because tobacco use is considered a health status factor, an employer\u2019s tobacco surcharge program must meet the following conditions to comply with HIPAA:", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/holy-smokes-is-your-tobacco-surcharge-8750560\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 104, 175, 183, 194, 198 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 19301, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 104, 175, 183, 194, 198 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:14:16+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533195": { "id": 533195, "headlineText": "St. Louis County Council overrides veto, allows tobacco sales near schools", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/fox2now.com\/news\/missouri\/st-louis-county-council-overrides-veto-allows-tobacco-sales-near-schools\/", "tagIds": [ 103, 108, 135, 177, 222, 786 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 108, 135, 177, 222 ], "5": [ 786 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 17625, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:10:02+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533193": { "id": 533193, "headlineText": "No cigar: Cumberland Farms loses lawsuit against Massachusetts health board over flavored stogies", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Cumby\u2019s has lost its lawsuit against a local health board after an area store was busted for offering an illegal flavored tobacco product for sale.\r\n\r\nThe Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of the Braintree Board of Health, which has been facing this flavored tobacco suit from Cumberland Farms.\r\n\r\nThe case stems from when a Braintree tobacco and compliance inspection officer conducted a routine check at the Cumby\u2019s on Washington Street in April of 2023.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2025\/01\/15\/cumberland-farms-loses-lawsuit-against-massachusetts-health-board-over-flavored-cigars\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 104, 112, 129, 223, 781 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 626, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 104, 112, 129, 223 ], "4": [ 603, 510, 496, 547, 654, 582, 513, 515, 499, 560, 618, 610, 522, 535, 503, 494, 706, 491, 493, 653, 555 ], "5": [ 781 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The inspection officer reportedly spotted an open display box of Black & Mild cigars on a shelf behind the cash register. In Massachusetts, those flavored cigars have been banned, so it\u2019s illegal to sell them.", "postedDate": "2025-01-17T19:02:40+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533192": { "id": 533192, "headlineText": "FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would make cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products minimally or nonaddictive by limiting the level of nicotine in those products. If finalized, the United States would be the first country globally to take such a bold, life-saving action to prevent and reduce smoking-related disease and death. The FDA first announced its intent to propose such a rule in 2018, and today\u2019s announcement is an important next step in the rulemaking process\r\n\r\n\r\nThe agency intends to seek input on the proposal, including through public comment and the FDA\u2019s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-proposes-significant-step-toward-reducing-nicotine-minimally-or-nonaddictive-level-cigarettes", "tagIds": [ 5, 99, 107, 140, 168, 191 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 9778, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 99, 107, 140, 168, 191 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:57:58+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533191": { "id": 533191, "headlineText": "FDA\u2019s Proposed Rule to Limit Nicotine in Cigarettes Would Save Millions of Lives \u2013 It Should be Finalized and Implemented", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a proposed rule to limit nicotine levels in cigarettes and other combusted (smoked) tobacco products to minimally addictive or non-addictive levels, advancing a policy first proposed in July 2017 during the first Trump Administration.\r\n\r\nThis is a truly game-changing proposal that would accelerate declines in smoking and save millions of lives from cancer, cardiovascular disease and other tobacco-related diseases if it is implemented.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tobaccofreekids.org\/press-releases\/2025_01_15-fda-proposed-rule-to-limit-nicotine-in-cigarettes", "tagIds": [ 5, 69, 108, 140, 168 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9058, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 69 ], "2": [ 108, 140, 168 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids", "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:54:59+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533189": { "id": 533189, "headlineText": "Carter tapped for tobacco commission", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Mulchi described Carter as uniquely qualified to serve on the TRRC because of his \u201csolid understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing rural Virginia.\u201d She also described him as \u201cpassionate about the Tobacco Commission\u2019s mission to support economic diversification and job creation.\u201d . . .\r\n\r\nCarter was one of three new appointees to the 28-member board. The tobacco commission was created by the General Assembly in 1999 to promote economic growth and development in tobacco-dependent communities, using proceeds of the national tobacco settlement.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/articles\/carter-tapped-for-tobacco-commission\/", "tagIds": [ 102, 103, 111, 183, 807 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 21592, "tagsByCategory": { "5": [ 807 ], "2": [ 102, 103, 111, 183 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:52:30+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533188": { "id": 533188, "headlineText": "Detention officer charged for allegedly selling tobacco to Gaston County inmates", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A detention officer was charged on Monday after allegedly selling tobacco to inmates in Gaston County.\r\n\r\nReports stated that on Monday, Jan. 13, a former Gaston County Sheriff\u2019s Office employee, Dior Adams, was charged with providing and selling tobacco products to inmates.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2025\/01\/14\/detention-officer-charged-selling-tobacco-gaston-county-inmates\/", "tagIds": [ 112, 133, 789 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 19005, "tagsByCategory": { "5": [ 789 ], "2": [ 112, 133 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:48:48+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533187": { "id": 533187, "headlineText": "Reinet Sells \u00a31.2 Billion Stake in British American Tobacco", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Reinet Investments SCA has finalized the sale of its remaining shares in British American Tobacco PLC (BAT), raising approximately \u00a31.2 billion ($1.46 billion) through a secondary placing, the company announced Tuesday. The Luxembourg-based investment firm divested 43.3 million BAT shares, marking the end of a 15-year investment in the tobacco giant.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/usaherald.com\/reinet-sells-1-2-billion-stake-in-british-american-tobacco\/", "tagIds": [ 3, 103, 132, 183 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 24522, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 3 ], "2": [ 103, 132, 183 ], "3": [ 226, 346 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:47:01+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533185": { "id": 533185, "headlineText": "Reserve draw on Buckeye tobacco amid payment disputes", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Ohio is facing steeper than projected declines in cigarette smoking, and thus in tobacco settlement revenues, and disputes from tobacco giants over payments.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.bondbuyer.com\/news\/reserve-draw-on-buckeye-tobacco-amid-payment-disputes", "tagIds": [ 111, 130, 132, 185, 194, 797 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9180, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 111, 130, 132, 185, 194 ], "5": [ 797 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:42:51+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533184": { "id": 533184, "headlineText": "Texas Judge Blocks FDA\u2019s Warning Label Requirements", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A federal judge in Texas sided with R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies in finding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) went beyond its authority by requiring packaging and advertising to contain 11 specific warnings.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/tobaccoreporter.com\/2025\/01\/15\/texas-judge-blocks-fdas-warning-label-requirements\/", "tagIds": [ 5, 103, 104, 107, 138, 222, 805 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9239, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 103, 104, 107, 138, 222 ], "5": [ 805 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:39:50+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533183": { "id": 533183, "headlineText": "Judge Blocks Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarettes", "sourceDate": "2025-01-17T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings illustrating the health risks of smoking, reported Reuters. \r\n\r\nOn Monday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, sided with tobacco companies, ruling that the \u201cFDA went beyond its authority by requiring packaging and advertising to contain 11 specific warnings.\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.convenience.org\/Media\/Daily\/2025\/January\/17\/3-Judge-Blocks-Warning-Labels-Cigarettes_GR", "tagIds": [ 103, 104, 107, 138, 222, 805 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 25910, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 104, 107, 138, 222 ], "5": [ 805 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Cigarette packages and ads would have been required to contain images illustrating health risks.", "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:36:01+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "531639": { "id": 531639, "headlineText": "FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor", "sourceDate": "2024-07-19T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling e-cigarette in the U.S., Vuse Alto, allowing manufacturer Reynolds American to keep the vaping brand on the market for years to come.\r\n\r\nThe Food and Drug Administration decision only applies to several tobacco-flavored versions of the reusable product, which takes cartridges filled with liquid nicotine.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wral.com\/story\/fda-oks-best-selling-e-cigarette-vuse-alto-but-only-in-tobacco-flavor\/21531206\/", "tagIds": [ 5, 7, 103, 107, 221, 223 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26110, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5, 7 ], "2": [ 103, 107, 221, 223 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:31:46+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533182": { "id": 533182, "headlineText": "Supreme Court won\u2019t hear challenge to graphic cigarette warning labels", "sourceDate": "2024-11-25T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Supreme Court won\u2019t hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking.\r\n\r\nThe high court declined to hear the case in a brief written order handed down Monday.\r\n\r\nTobacco company R.J. Reynolds appealed to the high court after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the warnings do not violate the First Amendment.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-cigarette-warning-labels-cfe9776053b25cebf6a371d8f7ae5704", "tagIds": [ 7, 14, 103, 104, 138, 222 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 7, 14 ], "2": [ 103, 104, 138, 222 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:24:44+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533181": { "id": 533181, "headlineText": "FDA OKs sales of Zyn nicotine pouches, citing health benefits for adult smokers", "sourceDate": "2025-01-17T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International\u2019s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes.\r\n\r\nThe Food and Drug Administration OK\u2019d 10 Zyn flavors, including coffee, mint and menthol. It\u2019s the first time regulators have authorized sales of nicotine pouches,", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/zyn-nicotine-pouches-tobacco-philip-morris-fda-83f4e5b730978d926948d6732859e132", "tagIds": [ 5, 99, 103, 107, 140, 168, 188, 222, 223 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 99, 103, 107, 140, 168, 188, 222, 223 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:21:47+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533180": { "id": 533180, "headlineText": "FDA floats plan to make cigarettes nonaddictive, but its fate rests with Trump", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon.\r\n\r\nThe proposed rule from the Food and Drug Administration comes in the final days of President Joe Biden\u2019s term, greatly reducing the likelihood that it will actually be enacted. . . .\r\n\r\nTrump\u2019s health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has said little about how regulating tobacco fits into his plans to overhaul the government\u2019s approach to fighting chronic disease. Even if the effort goes ahead under Trump, tobacco companies like Reynolds American and Altria are almost certain to challenge it in court, delaying implementation.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cigarettes-nicotine-lower-fda-addiction-smokers-d2a1369919baa69b38125f85aff0f1db", "tagIds": [ 5, 99, 107, 140, 168, 177 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26191, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 99, 107, 140, 168, 177 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:18:27+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533179": { "id": 533179, "headlineText": "CEASE Asks NJ Gov. Murphy to Stop Casino Smoking Before His Departure", "sourceDate": "2025-01-13T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE), a union seeking to put an end to New Jersey\u2019s indoor smoking, has asked Governor Phil Murphy to take care of the New Jerseyans one last time and end the loophole that allows smoking inside the Atlantic City casinos.\r\n\r\nAccording to CEASE, this inflection point would prove whether Murphy truly cared about the people of the state or not.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.gamblingnews.com\/news\/cease-asks-nj-gov-murphy-to-stop-casino-smoking-before-his-departure\/", "tagIds": [ 117, 156, 175, 177, 198, 204, 793 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26452, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 117, 156, 175, 177, 198, 204 ], "5": [ 793 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:05:03+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533178": { "id": 533178, "headlineText": "Atlantic City Casino Workers Call on New Jersey Governor to Address Smoking", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Atlantic City casino employees who would favor a smoke-free workplace are hoping New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) uses his 2025 State of the State Address on Tuesday to encourage lawmakers to force the nine gaming properties down the shore to cease the allowance of indoor tobacco use.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/atlantic-city-casino-workers-call-governor-address-smoking\/", "tagIds": [ 117, 175, 198, 204, 793 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 117, 175, 198, 204 ], "5": [ 793 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 22365, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T18:03:11+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533177": { "id": 533177, "headlineText": "China\u2019s smokers light up global tobacco sales despite bans", "sourceDate": "2025-01-13T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Despite a high-profile push nearly 10 years ago to reduce smoking rates from Xi Jinping, China\u2019s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, that problem has become more acute as China\u2019s economic growth has slowed, they added.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe first thing is: it\u2019s a big revenue [generator]. So that\u2019s why all the tobacco control measures are not very highly effective,\u201d . . \r\n\r\n\r\nFigures from Euromonitor show that the country\u2019s share of global sales rose to about 47 per cent last year from less than 38 per cent in 2009, echoing the findings of other studies tracking tobacco in China. 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The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) fosters that spirit of support by funding grants and programs that create real, lasting change \u2014 from a trike track in Drumright to a greenhouse in Muskogee. These efforts are paving the way for a healthier future in Oklahoma.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/tset\/blog\/4-ways-tset-is-improving-health-in-rural-communities-.html", "tagIds": [ 99, 185, 191, 213, 798 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27651, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 185, 191, 213 ], "5": [ 798 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T17:53:48+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533175": { "id": 533175, "headlineText": "Vaping in Oklahoma: The Hidden Crisis Among Teens", "sourceDate": "2025-01-12T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "In recent years, Oklahoma has made significant progress in reducing adult smoking rates, but another alarming issue has emerged: youth vaping. Originally marketed as a safer alternative to traditional smoking, vaping has hooked an entire generation on nicotine. With 21.8% of Oklahoma high school students using e-cigarettes \u2014 more than double the national average \u2014 the impact of vaping on young Oklahomans cannot be ignored.\r\n\r\nFrom the enticing flavors to the discreet designs and targeted marketing, the tobacco industry is always finding new ways to addict youth.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/tset\/blog\/vaping-in-oklahoma-the-hidden-crisis-among-teens.html", "tagIds": [ 103, 108, 191, 221, 222, 798 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27651, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 108, 191, 221, 222 ], "5": [ 798 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T01:33:51+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533174": { "id": 533174, "headlineText": "Biden planning a parting gift for Americans: Cigarettes without nicotine ($$)", "sourceDate": "2025-01-12T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Biden administration plans to propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. This move aims to reduce smoking addiction and save lives.\r\n\r\nHowever, if proposed, the rule would take years to become final.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/global-trends\/biden-planning-a-parting-gift-for-americans-cigarettes-without-nicotine\/articleshow\/117198341.cms?from=mdr", "tagIds": [ 99, 140, 168, 177 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 25983, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 140, 168, 177 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T01:30:24+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533173": { "id": 533173, "headlineText": "British American Tobacco Announces Share Buyback", "sourceDate": "2025-01-13T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "British American Tobacco p.l.c. announced the repurchase of 129,296 of its ordinary shares as part of a previously announced buyback program. The shares were purchased from Merrill Lynch International, with the highest price paid per share being 2,993.00 pence and the lowest at 2,956.00 pence. The company intends to cancel these shares, which will result in a total of 2,208,684,947 ordinary shares in issue, excluding those held in treasury. This transaction is part of the company\u2019s strategic effort to enhance shareholder value and manage its capital structure more effectively.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.tipranks.com\/news\/company-announcements\/british-american-tobacco-announces-share-buyback-4", "tagIds": [ 3, 103, 132 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27066, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 3 ], "2": [ 103, 132 ], "3": [ 226 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T01:27:23+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533172": { "id": 533172, "headlineText": "#HEALTH: Vaping leads to smoking", "sourceDate": "2025-01-12T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "IN November last year, it was reported that a 14-year-old boy from a secondary school in Kangar, Perlis, was injured after falling off the roof on school grounds, allegedly after vaping.\r\n\r\nVaping or e-cigarette use among adolescents in Malaysia is showing a marked increase. The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2022 (Adolescent Health Survey) indicates that 14.9 per cent of adolescents in the country are vapers, a rise from 9.8 per cent in 2017.\r\n\r\nVaping is often touted as a \"safer\" alternative to smoking, but the habit, just like smoking, has impacts to health.\r\n\r\nConsultant cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Anand Sachithanandan says when it comes to vaping, no informed observations can be made yet as the long-term effects of vaping are not yet known.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/lifestyle\/heal\/2025\/01\/1160133\/health-vaping-leads-smoking", "tagIds": [ 99, 108, 109, 221, 257, 377 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 10166, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 108, 109, 221 ], "3": [ 257, 377 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T01:17:02+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533171": { "id": 533171, "headlineText": "Wildfire Smoke in Los Angeles: You Could be \u201cSmoking\u201d 4 Cigarettes Per Day", "sourceDate": "2025-01-13T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Cambridge Mask Co., a leading provider of high-filtration face masks, urges residents to prioritize their health during this crisis. Using the latest AQI-to-cigarette-equivalency calculations, individuals exposed to the current air quality in Los Angeles may be inhaling the equivalent of smoking 4 cigarettes per day.* According to government guidelines, everyone is at some risk from this pollution. Those at highest risk include young children, older adults, and those who are pregnant, have heart or lung conditions or weakened immune systems.\r\n\r\n\u201cMany people underestimate the impact of wildfire smoke on their lungs and overall health,\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/2urbangirls.com\/2025\/01\/wildfire-smoke-in-los-angeles-you-could-be-smoking-4-cigarettes-per-day\/", "tagIds": [ 21, 99, 109, 766 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 21, 99, 109 ], "5": [ 766 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 28174, "postedDate": "2025-01-17T01:13:17+00:00", "editionId": 8545 }, "533170": { "id": 533170, "headlineText": "2024 in Review: The Year of Uncertainty", "sourceDate": "2024-12-20T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Cannabis Wire looks back on the biggest cannabis stories of 2024, and makes some predictions about what might be in store for 2025.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/cannabiswire.com\/news\/2024\/12\/20\/cannabis-year-in-review\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 183, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27747, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 183, 832 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "Cannabis Wire looks back on the biggest cannabis stories of 2024, and makes some predictions about what might be in store for 2025.", "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:55:06+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533169": { "id": 533169, "headlineText": "Youth Cannabis Use Holds Steady or Declines, Federal Survey Finds ($$)", "sourceDate": "2024-12-18T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "An excerpt from a recent edition of the Cannabis Wire Daily newsletter.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/cannabiswire.com\/newsletters\/youth-cannabis-use-holds-steady-or-declines-federal-survey-finds\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 106, 107, 108, 183, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 27747, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 106, 107, 108, 183, 832 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "An excerpt from a recent edition of the Cannabis Wire Daily newsletter.", "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:54:23+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533168": { "id": 533168, "headlineText": "Kokai: Tax case shows clear partisan split on court", "sourceDate": "2025-01-10T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The North Carolina Supreme Court has sided with tobacco company Philip Morris in an $8.7 million tax dispute with the state Revenue Department. The decision showcased a clear split between the court\u2019s Republican and Democratic justices.\r\n\r\nRepublicans who make up the court\u2019s 5-2 majority proved more skeptical than their Democratic colleagues about government bureaucrats\u2019 role in the tax fight.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.dailyadvance.com\/opinion\/editorial_columnists\/kokai-tax-case-shows-clear-partisan-split-on-court\/article_49db1e36-ce0d-11ef-8cf1-3f328f3964b6.html", "tagIds": [ 2, 103, 104, 112, 118, 177, 789 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 827, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 104, 112, 118, 177 ], "5": [ 789 ], "1": [ 2 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The case stems from actions dating back more than two decades. A North Carolina General Assembly controlled by Democrats created a cigarette export tax credit in 1999.", "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:50:37+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533167": { "id": 533167, "headlineText": "Janet\u00a0Mills proposes tobacco tax hike and health\u00a0spending cuts to fill budget gap", "sourceDate": "2025-01-10T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Gov. Janet Mills on Friday unveiled a two-year budget plan that includes tobacco and marijuana tax increases alongside cuts to Department of Health and Human Services programs after she continued to warn lawmakers of flattening revenue and an expected budget gap.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.bangordailynews.com\/2025\/01\/10\/politics\/state-politics\/maine-janet-mills-budget-proposal-tobacco-tax-hike-dhhs-cuts\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 118, 177, 783, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26057, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 118, 177, 832 ], "5": [ 783 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:46:50+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533166": { "id": 533166, "headlineText": "'It's bulls**t:' Gov. 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According to Mills, the tax hasn\u2019t been raised in two decades, and the state faces the highest adult smoking rate and second-highest youth smoking rate in the region.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/wgme.com\/news\/local\/governor-janet-mills-hopes-raising-tax-on-tobacco-products-will-bring-more-revenue-to-state-excise-budget", "tagIds": [ 99, 106, 108, 118, 177, 783 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 22977, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 106, 108, 118, 177 ], "5": [ 783 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:33:50+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533164": { "id": 533164, "headlineText": "NY Trial Court Halts State Dragnet on Licensed Hemp Operators", "sourceDate": "2025-01-13T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A New York judge has put a halt to state cannabis regulators\u2019 and the New York City Sheriff's Office\u2019s practice of conducting warrantless raids on hemp license-holders whom were ensnared in their dragnet targeting unlicensed marijuana stores.\r\n\r\nState Supreme Court Justice Thomas Marcelle of Albany County found the practice violative of the Fourth Amendment.\r\n\r\nMarcelle wrote that New York City\u2019s Sheriff\u2019s Office lacked any lawful authority to conduct a warrantless regulatory or administrative inspection of any business that possesses either a hemp or marijuana license appearing on the Office of Cannabis Management\u2019s directory.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2025\/01\/13\/ny-trial-court-halts-state-dragnet-on-licensed-hemp-operators\/?kw=NY+Trial+Court+Halts+State+Dragnet+on+Licensed+Hemp+Operators&oly_enc_id=&slreturn=20250116162358", "tagIds": [ 104, 112, 183, 796, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 9992, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 112, 183, 832 ], "5": [ 796 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:25:55+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533163": { "id": 533163, "headlineText": "A Systematic Review Investigating the Impact of Dual Use of E-Cigarettes and Conventional Cigarettes on Smoking Cessation", "sourceDate": "2024-10-31T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Current evidence suggests that DU is not a first step toward smoking cessation, with most DUs continuing cigarette consumption either through persistent DU or exclusive CC smoking. Relatively fewer dual users transitioned into complete nicotine abstinence compared to exclusive CC and exclusive EC users. The concerns raised about limitations of current evidence highlight the need for more research focussed on use status transitions among dual users.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/publications.ersnet.org\/content\/erjor\/early\/2024\/10\/31\/2312054100902-2024", "tagIds": [ 99, 114, 196, 221 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 114, 196, 221 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 10144, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:22:03+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533162": { "id": 533162, "headlineText": "GLANTZ: Dual use is not an intermediate condition on the way from cigarettes to \u201cswitching completely\u201d or quitting", "sourceDate": "2024-12-30T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Discussion of potential harm reduction associated with the use of e-cigarettes assumes that smokers will \u201cswitch completely\u201d from cigarettes to e-cigarettes or stop both tobacco product\u2026", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/profglantz.com\/2024\/12\/30\/dual-use-is-not-an-intermediate-condition-on-the-way-from-cigarettes-to-switching-completely-or-quitting\/", "tagIds": [ 99, 114, 116, 178, 196 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26464, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 99, 114, 116, 178, 196 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:18:12+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533161": { "id": 533161, "headlineText": "Mass. Justices Bolster Local Enforcement Of Tobacco Laws", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that local public health officials do not have to go to court to fine businesses caught violating the state's tobacco laws, including restrictions on the sale of flavored products.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.law360.com\/productliability\/articles\/2284500\/mass-justices-bolster-local-enforcement-of-tobacco-laws", "tagIds": [ 104, 112, 781 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 18198, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104, 112 ], "5": [ 781 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:08:47+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533160": { "id": 533160, "headlineText": "Mark Vaders to Serve on 2025 FDLI Tobacco Committee", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) has announced that Mark Vaders will serve on the 2025 Tobacco and Nicotine Products Committee. This committee supports FDLI staff in developing programming for the annual Tobacco and Nicotine Products Regulation and Policy Conference as well as the Tobacco Regulatory Science Symposium, both of which take place in late October.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.womblebonddickinson.com\/us\/insights\/news-and-insights\/mark-vaders-serve-2025-fdli-tobacco-committee", "tagIds": [ 5, 99, 103, 107, 140 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 99, 103, 107, 140 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 18390, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:07:53+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533159": { "id": 533159, "headlineText": "Burger King employee fired after woman says order came with side of cannabis", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "An Ohio woman is speaking out after allegedly receiving marijuana in the drive-thru of a Burger King location.\r\n\r\nIn a video posted to TikTok, a user who goes by the name JannaBama claims to have purchased chicken fries for her children from a Burger King location in Hamilton. In the video she shows a Burger King bag with reported residue inside of it, along with marijuana she says came with her child\u2019s food.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/burger-king-employee-fired-after-woman-says-order-came-with-side-of-cannabis\/", "tagIds": [ 108, 167, 183, 192, 797, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 108, 167, 183, 192, 832 ], "5": [ 797 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 24153, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:04:59+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533158": { "id": 533158, "headlineText": "Group behind failed Florida recreational marijuana amendment trying again for 2026", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The group behind the 2024 ballot measure that would have enshrined recreational marijuana access in the Florida Constitution is giving it another shot in 2026.\r\n\r\nLast year, the Adult Personal Use of Marijuana amendment failed to meet the 60% threshold to become law, with just 55% of voters voting \u201cyes.\u201d", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/politics\/group-behind-failed-florida-recreational-marijuana-amendment-trying-again-for-2026\/", "tagIds": [ 177, 183, 771, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 177, 183, 832 ], "5": [ 771 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 24153, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:03:13+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533157": { "id": 533157, "headlineText": "Man caught with marijuana outside Auburndale school says he sells it because it\u2019s hard to get a job: FHP", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "An Auburndale man was arrested Tuesday at the entrance of a Polk County middle school after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper found him in possession of marijuana.\r\n\r\nJust after noon, a trooper pulled over a vehicle with darkly tinted windows traveling southbound on Berkley Road in Auburndale. The driver came to a stop at the entrance of Berkley Accelerated Middle School.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/news\/polk-county\/man-caught-with-marijuana-outside-auburndale-school-says-he-sells-it-because-its-hard-to-get-a-job-fhp\/", "tagIds": [ 108, 135, 183, 771, 832 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 108, 135, 183, 832 ], "5": [ 771 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 24153, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T20:00:55+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533156": { "id": 533156, "headlineText": "The war on smoking turns to cigarettes with ultralow nicotine", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "In the heart of North Carolina tobacco country, one company manufactures cigarettes with ultralow nicotine levels designed to prevent smokers from getting addicted. Sales aren\u2019t exactly sizzling.\r\n\r\nVLN cigarettes - the only smokable tobacco products the Food and Drug Administration allows to be marketed as lower risk for nicotine exposure - are available in about 5,100 stores in 26 states, a small fraction of the overall market for cigarettes.\r\n\r\nThe struggles of the company that makes VLN cigarettes, 22nd Century, embody larger challenges faced by advocates who have long believed slashing nicotine levels could save millions of lives. But in the waning days of the outgoing administration, backers of low-nicotine cigarettes may be on the precipice of a tenuous victory.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.phillytrib.com\/news\/health\/the-war-on-smoking-turns-to-cigarettes-with-ultralow-nicotine\/article_52717d74-1384-5d83-939e-2b2d2d9868d7.html", "tagIds": [ 5, 107, 140, 168, 177, 184, 196 ], "marking": "approved", "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 107, 140, 168, 177, 184, 196 ], "5": [ 800 ], "1": [ 5 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "mediaId": 10994, "subhead": "The Biden White House is expected to formally propose a plan ordering cigarette nicotine levels to be reduced dramatically. But whether the initiative comes to fruition depends on President Joe Biden\u2019s successor.", "postedDate": "2025-01-16T19:57:08+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533155": { "id": 533155, "headlineText": "Delhi HC refuses to entertain PIL to ban on sale of tobacco products near temples", "sourceDate": "2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Abhimanyu Sharma, a Mandir Pujari, which sought directions to restrict the sale of tobacco products near temples.\r\n\r\nThe PIL also stated that vendors selling tobacco be prohibited from offering any other goods in the vicinity of temples.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.bignewsnetwork.com\/news\/274944033\/delhi-hc-refuses-to-entertain-pil-to-ban-on-sale-of-tobacco-products-near-temples", "tagIds": [ 103, 157, 222, 278 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 14342, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 103, 157, 222 ], "3": [ 278 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-16T19:54:08+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533154": { "id": 533154, "headlineText": "Former Gaston County detention officer charged for allegedly selling tobacco products to inmates", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A former Gaston County Sheriff\u2019s Office employee faces allegations of providing contraband to inmates, officials say. . . .\r\n\r\nOn Jan. 13, Dior Calrissan Adams was charged with providing and selling tobacco products to inmates. 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But that would only begin a bureaucratic journey that anti-tobacco advocates worry an incoming Trump administration", "postedDate": "2025-01-16T19:44:05+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533153": { "id": 533153, "headlineText": "White House readies nicotine proposal in administration\u2019s final days", "sourceDate": "2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "The Food and Drug Administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, as the White House this week cleared a proposed rule that\u2019s been years in the making.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/thehill.com\/newsletters\/health-care\/5073041-white-house-readies-nicotine-proposal-in-administrations-final-days\/", "tagIds": [ 107, 116, 140, 168, 177 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 26131, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 107, 116, 140, 168, 177 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The proposal is just the first step. There won\u2019t be any immediate changes to tobacco products. It would be up the Trump administration to write and issue a final rule and put it into effect, and it could be dialed back\u2014if the administration releases it at", "postedDate": "2025-01-15T14:39:42+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533150": { "id": 533150, "headlineText": "Federal judge blocks FDA from enforcing graphic cigarette label rule", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing a requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings on the impacts of smoking. \r\n\r\nOn Monday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, ruled in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and others, finding the FDA does not have the authority to require cigarette packaging and advertising to include one of 11 different warning labels. \r\n\r\nIn the ruling, Barker wrote that the law only requires cigarette packages and advertisements to include one of nine warning labels and that the agency does not have the authority to add two more.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/5085396-federal-judge-fda-cigarette-warning-label-rule-blocked\/", "tagIds": [ 5, 103, 104, 107, 138, 222 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 26131, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 5 ], "2": [ 103, 104, 107, 138, 222 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-15T14:33:38+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533148": { "id": 533148, "headlineText": "US judge blocks FDA graphic warning label requirement for cigarettes", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "A federal judge in Texas has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from enforcing a looming requirement that cigarette packages and advertisements contain graphic warnings illustrating the health risks of smoking.\r\n\r\nU.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, on Monday sided with R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies in finding the FDA went beyond its authority by requiring packaging and advertising to contain 11 specific warnings.\r\n\r\nHe said those warnings go above and beyond the nine that Congress specified when in 2009 it passed the Tobacco Control Act, which gave the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products and mandated adoption of the graphic warnings.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/us-judge-blocks-fda-graphic-warning-label-requirement-cigarettes-2025-01-14\/", "tagIds": [ 3, 5, 7, 25, 81, 104, 107, 138, 805 ], "marking": "promoted", "mediaId": 25941, "tagsByCategory": { "1": [ 3, 5, 7, 25, 81 ], "2": [ 104, 107, 138 ], "5": [ 805 ] }, "rating": 5, "projectId": 1, "subhead": "The decision marked the second time Barker has blocked the FDA's warning label rule. In 2022, the judge concluded the requirement violated the companies' speech rights under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.", "postedDate": "2025-01-15T14:28:57+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533147": { "id": 533147, "headlineText": "Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert introduces bill to abolish Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives", "sourceDate": "2025-01-11T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Rep. Lauren Boebert announced on Thursday that she and a fellow Republican in the House of Representatives have introduced legislation to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.msn.com\/", "tagIds": [ 107, 177, 214 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 24339, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 107, 177, 214 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-15T14:23:59+00:00", "editionId": 8544 }, "533146": { "id": 533146, "headlineText": "Fla. Panel Told Law Precludes Damages For Smoker's Heir ($$)", "sourceDate": "2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00", "summary": "Two tobacco companies told a Florida state appellate panel Tuesday that a surviving daughter of a deceased smoker can't collect millions of dollars in a wrongful death case, arguing that the law precludes her from collecting damages because her father died before the case had been redecided on appeal....", "finalUrl": "https:\/\/www.law360.com\/classaction\/articles\/2281950\/fla-panel-told-law-precludes-damages-for-smoker-s-heir-", "tagIds": [ 104, 771 ], "marking": "approved", "mediaId": 18198, "tagsByCategory": { "2": [ 104 ], "5": [ 771 ] }, "rating": 3, "projectId": 1, "postedDate": "2025-01-15T14:20:16+00:00", "editionId": 8544 } }, "totalCount": 67 }