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Pregnant women advised to avoid mentholated e-cigarettes (University of California, Riverside)

Public Technologies 27 Mar 2025
A new study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, now reports that the flavor chemical menthol used in electronic cigarettes could pose risks to a developing baby ... cigarettes.
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Dying for Sex Is an Audaciously Raunchy Celebration of Life in the Face of Certain Death

Time Magazine 27 Mar 2025
The first thing Molly, the protagonist of the new FX dramedy Dying for Sex, does after learning she has incurable cancer is run to the bodega for a green plastic two-liter of generic diet soda. Then she lights up a menthol cigarette ... Read more ... .
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Vapes, Big Tobacco and a new Mississippi registry law

The Clarksdale Press Register 26 Mar 2025
The landmark lawsuit was intended to make cigarette manufacturers Philip Morris Cos., R.J ... It forces consumers using e-cigarettes to buy exclusively from only three manufacturers and bans virtually all flavored vaping products.
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Store owners worry as Summit County pushes to ban all flavored nicotine and tobacco products, ...

Summit Daily 25 Mar 2025
The county is seeking to ban all flavors, including mint and menthol, for any tobacco or nicotine product, including vapes, cigarettes, nicotine pouches and more ... 1, 2026 ... Keystone officials also showed support ... .
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The Editorial Board: Grocery store owner is taking action that should be driven by New ...

The Buffalo News 24 Mar 2025
AbdullaTony” Ahmed refuses to sell menthol cigarettes at his Buffalo store, supporting the No Menthol Buffalo initiative, while local officials fail to act. Between 40,000 to 45,000 Black lives are lost annually to menthol tobacco ....
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Adam Zyglis: Smokestacks

The Buffalo News 22 Mar 2025
The local movement "No Menthol Buffalo" is working to ban menthol cigarettes for the health risks they pose ....
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Mike Rollo: Protect NH from Big Tobacco’s many tactics

Union Leader 22 Mar 2025
THE UNION LEADER recently ran an op-ed by Rep. James Spillane, “Menthol and flavored vape bans aren’t just wrong, they are harmful,” in which he disparaged efforts to protect public health through ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and all ....
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Opinion: Don’t let Big Tobacco reverse Denver’s ban on flavored nicotine products

Denver Post 21 Mar 2025
These local teens know how easy it’s been to access flavored vapes, menthol cigarettes, and other candy-tasting tobacco products ... Menthol cigarettes, which have been aggressively targeted to ...
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Not everyone's on board with Whitmer's 32% vaping tax plan

Detroit Free Press 17 Mar 2025
Yohan House was a pack-a-day cigarette smoker until six years ago, when he switched to e-cigarettes, known as vaping. The 56-year-old Detroit resident has since given up cigarettes completely, and said he can feel major improvements in his health.
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Stockton puts moratorium on smoke shops while leaders consider changes to city's ordinance

Recordnet.com 17 Mar 2025
Teens in the U.S. are vaping less. CDC reports ... "We simply have allowed this, unbeknownst to us, to get so far out of control," Mayor Christina Fugazi said ... These products include flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, and flavor cards ...
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No Menthol Buffalo, local grocer say no to selling tobacco products

The Buffalo News 16 Mar 2025
Youths are most likely to smoke menthol cigarettes, but local grocer Tony Ahmed is pushing back against the trend ....
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Woodward: Mass. tried to curb nicotine, smuggling soared

Boston Herald 14 Mar 2025
And, the report found, there is a thriving market for untaxed menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars and other banned products, all powered by state policies like high taxes and strict prohibition.
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22nd Century plans to sell very low nicotine cigarettes under Smoker Friendly brand

Winston-Salem Journal 11 Mar 2025
22nd Century Group Inc., based in Mocksville, said Monday it has signed an agreement with the Smoker Friendly retail chain to create a Smoker Friendly very-low-nicotine branded cigarette products in tobacco and menthol flavorings ... .
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COMMENTARY: Study: Vaping crackdown drives up teen cigarette use

Las Vegas Review-Journal 07 Mar 2025
“Or perhaps exempting menthol ENDS dampened cross-product substitution so that those who vaped flavors and did not want to quit were nudged toward vaping menthol instead of smoking cigarettes,” they wrote.
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