News – Page 29 – Counter Tobacco

New Study on Public Support for POS Provisions of FSPTCA

FDA, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Policy Advocacy, Product Packaging, Youth
August 24, 2015

A study published online this month in the American Journal of Public Health assessed support among both smokers and non-smokers for current and potential point of sale tobacco control policies … Read More

News and Research Round Up

Cigarettes, Disparities, E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Licensing, Pharmacies, Product Packaging, Smokeless Tobacco and SNUS, Store Assessments, Tobacco21, Vape Shops, Youth
August 17, 2015

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

Two Webinars: Flavor Bans and E-Cigarettes

E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Large Cigars, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Webinars, Youth
August 13, 2015

Save the date for two upcoming webinars co-hosted by CounterTobacco.org! First, tune in for a webinar with us and the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium: Flavor Craze: Restricting Flavored Tobacco Products at … Read More

Counter Tobacco’s 2015 Photo Contest

Uncategorized
August 4, 2015

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 … Read More

New CPHSS Report Released: Assessing Retail Environments with STARS

Licensing, Policy Advocacy, Store Assessments
July 30, 2015

A new report from the Center for Public Health Systems Science (CPHSS), as part of the Advancing Science and Policy in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE) project funded by the National … Read More

Counter Tools Training Institute Oct. 21-22

Policy Advocacy, Store Assessments
July 28, 2015

Our partner Counter Tools is hosting their 3rd annual two-day “Getting Started at the Point of Sale” Training Institute for public health advocates who are new or getting started in … Read More

Minneapolis Bans Flavored Tobacco

E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Large Cigars, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Minimum pack size, Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Youth
July 13, 2015

Starting January 1 of next year, the sale of flavored tobacco products will no longer be allowed in the city of Minneapolis anywhere outside of adult-only specialty tobacco shops, with … Read More

New Case Study Released on Reducing Cheap Tobacco & Youth Access in New York City

Minimum pack size, Minimum price, Non-Tax Price Increases, Policy Advocacy, Tobacco21, Youth
July 7, 2015

The Center for Public Health Systems Science (CPHSS), funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) State & Community Tobacco Control (SCTC) Research Initiative, has developed a series of case studies … Read More

News and Research Round Up

E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Large Cigars, Licensing, Little cigars/Cigarillos, Minimum pack size, Pharmacies, Policy Advocacy, Price Promotions, Stores Near Schools, Tobacco21, Youth
July 2, 2015

Hawaii Makes History as the First State to Raise the Minimum Legal Sale Age for Tobacco to 21

Tobacco21
June 26, 2015

Governor Igne of Hawaii has signed into law historic legislation, making Hawaii the first state in the US to raise the minimum legal sale age (MLSA) for tobacco to 21, … Read More