Each month, GHEA aggregates the latest news and research related to place-based tobacco control and geographic health disparities. Below you will find the latest posts, updated regularly throughout the month.
(Last updated: May 10th, 2024)
General Tobacco Control News and Research
- According to a recent article from the CDC, one in 20 women in 2021 reported smoking during pregnancy.
- On April 23rd, the FDA announced the issuance of complaints for civil money penalties (CMPs) against 20 brick and mortar retailers and two online retailers for the sale of unauthorized e-cigarettes.
- Recent research shows that young adults who used Truth Initiative’s text message-based quit vaping program titled This is Quitting, had nearly 40% higher odds of quitting.
- Recent research found that e-cigarettes were found to expose users to toxic substances, increase the risk of respiratory disease, lead to nicotine dependence, cause serious injuries due to explosion or poisoning, increase smoking cessation in clinical trials but not in observational studies, and increase combustible cigarettes initiation.
- According to a recent article, a US menthol ban could lead to a reduction in the littering of 3,777,508,071 cigarettes per year.
- The Truth Initiative recently released an article busting three common myths around nicotine and mental health.
