when are menthol cigarettes going to be banned After years, the FDA is moving ban FDA poised to ban menthol

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An e-cigarette advertisement published in 2011 asks, "Why Quit?" and urges smokers to use the e-cigarette to "take back your freedom to smoke when and where you want without ash or smell." When tobacco prevention researcher Charlotta Pisinger saw that ad she had a flashback to the tobacco industry's campaign several decades earlier promoting the benefits of switching to "light" cigarettes

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Plain tobacco packaging 'may cut smokers by 300,000 in UK' Published Plain cigarette packaging could lead to 300,000 fewer smokers in the UK over the next year, a major review suggests

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But public health policy on e-cigarettes and smoking cessation should not be built on such anecdotes any more than the heartfelt convictions of many drivers who say theyre quite safe and incident-free after drinking should challenge the evidence-based data on the risks of alcohol on driving