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British American Tobacco, the cigarette giant whose portfolio includes Camel and Lucky Strike, said Wednesday that it would write down the value of its brands by 25 billion pounds, or $31.5 billion, because of the slowing economy and a shift toward vaping among smokers. The company told investors that it had reassessed the “useful economic […]
Jan Birdsey, MPH1; Monica Cornelius, PhD1; Ahmed Jamal, MBBS1; Eunice Park-Lee, PhD2; Maria R. Cooper, PhD2; Jia Wang, MPH2; Michael D. Sawdey, PhD2; Karen A. Cullen, PhD2; Linda Neff, PhD1 (View author affiliations) View suggested citationSummary What is already known about this topic? Use of tobacco products in any form by youths is unsafe. What […]
Jan Birdsey, MPH1; Monica Cornelius, PhD1; Ahmed Jamal, MBBS1; Eunice Park-Lee, PhD2; Maria R. Cooper, PhD2; Jia Wang, MPH2; Michael D. Sawdey, PhD2; Karen A. Cullen, PhD2; Linda Neff, PhD1 (View author affiliations) View suggested citationSummary What is already known about this topic? Use of tobacco products in any form by youths is unsafe. What […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? Tobacco product use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. What is added by this report? In 2021, approximately 18.7% (46 million) of U.S. adults currently used any tobacco product. Cigarettes were the most frequently reported tobacco product (11.5%), followed by […]
Comment on this story Comment Phillip Gardiner is co-chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council. This Black History Month, I have a simple message for nonprofit organizations in the United States: If you have accepted money from the tobacco industry, send it back. For hundreds of years, from enslaved people working on tobacco […]
Rebecca Perl, a former health and science reporter for The Post, is vice president of partnerships and initiatives for Vital Strategies, a partner in tobacco industry watchdog, STOP and advises governments and nongovernmental organizations on communication strategies for tobacco control campaigns around the world as part of the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. On […]
By Brian McNeill Mignonne C. Guy, Ph.D., an associate professor and chair of theÂ
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In the letter, dated Sept. 14, the trade associations argued that if the price of tobacco products spikes, buyers would move to the tobacco black market, where sellers don’t abide by standard regulations and often prey on young people. “When the price of a product rises too much too fast, illicit purveyors will seize the […]
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Black history has taught us that Big Tobacco is not an ally | Commentary
Black Hot Fire Network
February 17, 2023
This Black History Month, I have a simple message for nonprofit organizations in the United States: If you have accepted money from the tobacco industry, send it back. For hundreds of years, from enslaved people working on tobacco plantations to today’s menthol smokers, Black people have died for the tobacco industry’s profit. Today, the makers […]