News & Events

Feb 29, 2024

States consider menthol cigarette bans as feds delay action

Stateline
About 80% of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes, which are more addictive.
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Oct 17, 2023

New York Now Has The Highest Cigarette Tax As Rates Stay Flat In Most States

Forbes
New York State Cigarette Tax Just Went Up To $5.35 A Pack—The Highest In The Nation
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Oct 12, 2023

FDA bans sales of popular Vuse menthol, fruit flavored e-cigarettes

The Hill
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday banned the sale of Vuse Alto menthol and fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes as part of its larger crackdown on vaping products marketed at young people.
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Oct 4, 2023

E-cigarette use linked to asthma among adolescents with no other smoking history

Healio
E-cigarette use was linked to asthma among youth with no previous combustible product use across the U.S.
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Feb 13, 2023

Opinion | Black history has taught us that Big Tobacco is not an ally

The Washington Post
Big Tobacco is not an ally of Black Americans
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Sep 6, 2022

Juul to pay nearly $440M to settle states’ teen vaping probe

AP News
Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.
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Aug 9, 2022

How not to talk to kids about vaping, via the Ad Council and American Lung Association

PR Week
The #DoTheVapeTalk campaign comes amidst reports that the number of high-school students who vape has recently declined.
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Jun 23, 2022

Types of Smokeless Tobacco and Health Risks

verywellhealth.com
Harmful Even Without the Smoke
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Apr 28, 2022

Bill to ban menthol cigarettes still alive, lawmakers say

New Jersey Monitor
Health committee chairs in the Legislature say they are not deterred by the menthol ban's failure to advance to floor votes in June.
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Apr 28, 2022

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars

ABC News
The U.S. government has released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
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Apr 28, 2022

Law Allows FDA to Regulate Puff Bar and Other Products Using Synthetic Nicotine

Partnership To End Addiction
A law that took effect last week allows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate e-cigarette products that use synthetic nicotine.
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Apr 28, 2022

SAN JOSÉ’S BAN ON SALES OF FLAVORED TOBACCO GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1, 2022

sanjoseca.gov
The San José City Council’s unanimous action last fall to protect the health of children by banning flavored tobacco sales will soon take effect.
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Nov 3, 2021

St. Paul approves new tobacco restrictions, including $10 minimum for packs of cigarettes

KSTP.com
St. Paul approves new tobacco restrictions, including $10 minimum for packs of cigarettes | KSTP.com
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Oct 26, 2021

Bangor bans flavored tobacco products

bangordailynews.com
Bangor bans flavored tobacco products
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Mar 24, 2021

Hempstead Town Passes Laws Restricting Vape Sales, Tobacco Stores

The Patch-Bellmore
The new laws prohibit the sale of vape products and new tobacco stores near schools, parks or playgrounds.
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Sep 1, 2020

Smoking depictions in TV shows encourage vaping

New York Daily News
Report
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Jan 13, 2020

New Year’s Resolutions for 2020: “Quit, Don’t Switch” to E-cigs

The Patch Brentwood-Central Islip
The American Lung Association reminds the public that e-cigarettes, or vaping, is not quitting smoking
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Jan 8, 2020

TAC and SAFE brought tobacco awareness and worked towards advancing a tobacco free community in 2019:

The Patch Glen Cove
TAC and SAFE brought tobacco awareness and worked towards advancing a tobacco free community in 2019.
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Nov 13, 2019

The Age to Buy Tobacco in NYS is Officially 21

Spectrum News NY1
The Age to Buy Tobacco and E-Cig­a­rettes in New York is Of­fi­cially 21
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Oct 10, 2019

Washington State has Banned the Sale of Flavored E-cigarettes

CNN Health
Washington State Bans Flavored Vaping Products
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Jul 31, 2019

Reality Check Talks to Brentwood Students About Dangers of Vaping

The Patch Brentwood-Central Islip
Youth program works to educated local students on the social, educational, and health related consequences of using e-cigarettes
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Apr 11, 2019

Suffolk County Pharmacy

Riverhead Local
Suffolk County joins the growing list of municipalities that have eliminated the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies
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Apr 1, 2019

Walt Disney World

CNY Central
Smoking inside Walt Disney World theme parks will be no more
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Jan 9, 2019

Erie County

WIVB.com
Erie County bans the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, in pharmacies and other health care institutions The bill also makes smoking with kids in cars to be illegal.
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Jan 25, 2018

Corrective Add

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Tobacco Companies Must Finally Tell Public the Truth about Their Lethal Products – 11 Years After a Court Ordered It
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Jan 25, 2018

Gov adds e-cigs to Clean Indoor Air

NYS.gov
Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Adding E-Cigarettes to the Clean Indoor Air Act.
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Jan 25, 2018

State of Air report

Lung.org
American Lung Association Releases State of the Air report
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Nov 21, 2017

NYC

NYC.gov
NYC Bans the sale of Tobacco Products in Pharmacies
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Nov 21, 2017

Rockland

Patch.com
First NY County to Ban Tobacco Products at Pharmacies
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