 
Study
finds youth who have used e-cigarettes are almost twice as likely to intend to
smoke conventional cigarette. More than a quarter of a million
youth who had never smoked a cigarette used electronic cigarettes in 2013,
according to a CDC study published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco
Research. This number reflects a three-fold increase, from about
79,000 in 2011, to more than 263,000 in 2013.Click here to view the CDC press release in its entirety and here for an infographic.
FDA released a new compliance training video for
tobacco retailers regarding impersonal modes of tobacco sales, such as vending
machines or self-service displays. Watch the video to learn more about rules related to impersonal
modes of tobacco sales and visit the Retailer Training and Enforcement webpage for more compliance information.
This
report confirms that today's cigarettes are more addictive, more
attractive to kids and more deadly than 50 years ago. Smokers today,
including the 2.7 million kids throughout the United States who currently
smoke, are at far greater risk than ever before.
Published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The
same, familiar, chemical-specific flavor sensory cues that are associated with
fruit flavors in popular candy and drink products are being exploited in the
engineered designs of flavored tobacco products. Read more here.
Paper published in Tobacco Control presents
empirical evidence that the cigarette companies have effectively nullified the
ban on selling cigarettes with the misleading descriptors "light" and
"mild" that are in both the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act.
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