Minimum Tobacco Buying Age Now 21 Nationwide
A new law sets the nationwide minimum age to buy tobacco products at 21.
tobacco
Vaping Nicotine Linked To Increased Risk Of Chronic Lung Disease
A new study suggests the use of e-cigarettes can increase smokers' and nonsmokers' risk of developing chronic lung disease, including conditions such as COPD, chronic bronchitis, emphysema or asthma.
R.J. Reynolds Seeks FDA Approval To Keep Selling E-Cigarette
The Food and Drug Administration will review whether one of R.J. Reynolds's electronic cigarettes can stay on the market.
How Vaping Snuck Up On Regulators
Even as the popularity of e-cigarettes like Juul has exploded — with unknown health risks — the federal government has been slow to regulate vaping companies.
NC Tobacco Farmers, Already Reeling, Face New Threat From Tariffs
Smoking has been in decline for decades, but tobacco remains a vital crop to much of the Southeast. North Carolina is the nation's largest grower and exporter of tobacco.
State Bill Would Tax Vaping Products At The Same Rate As Cigarettes
Vaping products would be taxed the same as traditional cigarettes under an amendment to a state Senate bill.
Which Countries Do Best — And Worst — At Keeping Big Tobacco Out Of Politics
The first-ever Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index points to the creative rules that some nations use — and what happens when contact isn't policed.
India Banned E-Cigarettes — But Beedis And Chewing Tobacco Remain Widespread
India is the world's top consumer of smokeless tobacco — and has the world's highest number of oral cavity cancers.
Flavored E-cigarette Ban Could Hit Reynolds American's Vuse
Efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes and reduce their appeal to youngsters have sputtered under industry pressure in over a half-dozen states this year even as one state, Michigan