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December 2017 News and Research Roundup

Advertising Restictions, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Retailer Density, Smokeless Tobacco and SNUS, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21, Uncategorized, Vape Shops, Youth

Welcome to CounterTobacco.org’s “News and Research Roundup!” Each month we post a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product sales and marketing at the point of sale (POS). Keeping up with what’s happening in the POS movement all across the country can help you choose policies and strategies that work best … Read More

New York City Passes Hookah Legislation

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Contributed by Luis Torres, MPH, of New York City Treats Tobacco On September 27th, 2017 the New York City Council continued its strong push towards protecting the health of all New Yorkers by voting to pass three new bills addressing Shisha/Hookah that will now be passed on for Mayor Bill de Blasio to sign into … Read More

Announcing the 2017 Photo Contest

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Today marks the start of CounterTobacco’s 6th annual Photo Contest!  The tobacco industry spends nearly $1 million every hour to market their deadly products. The Surgeon General has concluded that exposure to this retail marketing encourages smoking and undermines quit attempts. And it’s happening in YOUR community. Each year, you help capture the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics at the point-of-sale, and … Read More

March 2017 News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Minimum pack size, Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Pharmacies, Product Packaging, Store Assessments, Tobacco21, Uncategorized, Youth

Welcome to CounterTobacco.org’s “News and Research Roundup!” Each month we post a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product sales and marketing at the point of sale (POS). Keeping up with what’s happening in the POS movement all across the country can help you choose policies and strategies that work best … Read More

Counter Tobacco’s 5th Annual Photo Contest is Here!

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The tobacco industry spends $1 million every hour to market their deadly products, a total which amounted to $8.6 billion spent at the point of sale in 2013. The Surgeon General has concluded that exposure to this retail marketing encourages smoking and undermines quit attempts. And it’s happening in YOUR community. Now is your chance to help document and … Read More

Celebrate with us!

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CounterTobacco.org is close to reaching our 50,000th visitor on the site, and we want to celebrate this milestone by thanking all of our users – the practitioners who are out there working to counteract tobacco sales and marketing at the point of sale, fighting the “War in the Store,” raising awareness about the problem, and … Read More

Two Regional Photo Contests

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Can’t get enough of great photo contests that expose the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics at the point of sale? Check out these two regional contests going on now! Californians! Have you heard about Tobacco Free CA ‘s “Tobacco’s Impact in My Community Photo Contest”?   It’s going on now through November 1st (and pssst – there are cash prizes). … Read More

Announcing the 2015 Photo Contest Winners

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Congratulations to our winners in Counter Tobacco’s fourth annual photo contest, and a big THANK YOU to all participants!  The image above is our Grand Prize winner, taken by Nicole S. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. We asked our audience to submit photos showcasing tobacco industry marketing tactics and promotional strategies at the point of sale (POS), and we received over … Read More

Counter Tobacco’s 2015 Photo Contest

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Today marks the start of CounterTobacco’s 4th annual Photo Contest!  The tobacco industry spends $1 million every hour to market their deadly products. The Surgeon General has concluded that exposure to this retail marketing encourages smoking and undermines quit attempts. And it’s happening in YOUR community. Each year, you help capture the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics at the point-of-sale, and … Read More

Counter Tobacco Announces 2014 Photo Contest Winners!

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Congratulations to our winners in Counter Tobacco’s third annual photo contest, and a big thank you to all participants! View winning entries and all other images in our image gallery. Check out CounterTobacco.org for more hard-hitting images of tobacco industry tactics at the point of sale. OUR GRAND PRIZE WINNERS! View winners in all categories HERE. Two great examples here – one showing a common youth-friendly … Read More