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Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 24: Equitable Enforcement in Commercial Tobacco Control Policy

Disparities, Licensing, Podcast, Policy Advocacy
March 23, 2021

In this episode, we talk with Natasha Phelps, a Lead Senior Staff Attorney at the Public Health Law Center, about the recent statement on “Decriminalizing Commercial Tobacco: Addressing Systemic Racism … Read More

FDA Issues Update on Premarket Review process

E-Cigarettes, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Product Availability
February 26, 2021

Earlier this month, the FDA issued a perspective piece from Mitch Zeller, Director of the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, outlining where the agency is in the premarket tobaco product … Read More

February 2021 News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Policy Advocacy, Preemption, Product Availability, Vape Shops
February 24, 2021

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 … Read More

January 2021 News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, Disparities, Displays/Display Ban, E-Cigarettes, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Preemption, Product Availability, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21
January 28, 2021

Top 10 POS Trends to Watch in 2021

Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Endgame, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Minimum price, Preemption, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21, Youth
January 27, 2021

Below are advances in point-of-sale tobacco control that we’ll be keeping an eye on in 2021. Click the links below or scroll to learn more: A Focus on Health Equity … Read More

Counter Tobacco Podcast Episode 23: The Tobacco Control Vaccine Booster

Disparities, Displays/Display Ban, Flavors (including Menthol), Licensing, Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Podcast, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Product Packaging, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21
January 21, 2021

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Amanda Kong, one of the authors of a recent paper “Boosting the Tobacco Control Vaccine: recognizing the role of the retail environment in … Read More

December 2020 News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Healthy Retailers, Licensing, Non-Tax Price Increases, Tobacco21
December 17, 2020

Tobacco industry funded referendum postpones California flavor ban

Disparities, Flavors (including Menthol), Product Availability, Youth
December 11, 2020

California’s flavor ban prohibiting the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, was set to go into effect on January 1, 2021. However, a petition sponsored by the … Read More

November 2020 News and Research Roundup

Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), International, Licensing, Pharmacies, Product Placement, Retailer Density, Stores Near Schools
November 29, 2020

October 2020 Flavor Ban Action in California

Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Pharmacies, Product Availability
October 29, 2020

Local jurisdictions in California continue to push for bans on the sale of flavored tobacco products, amidst an uncertain timeline and outcome of the statewide ban. Mill Valley approved an ordinance prohibiting the … Read More