A group representing 18,000 independent UK retailers has pleaded with Labour MPs to oppose new legislation that would ban tobacco products being displayed in shops. The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) said the proposals failed to protect small retailers and were a concession to the “onslaught of misinformation from the anti smoking lobby”. The tobacco display ban is in clause 21 of the Health Bill which gets its Report Stage hearing before the House of Commons on October 12. Mike Penning, Conservative MP for Hemel Hempstead, has tabled an amendment to remove the cl ... Jump to full article >>

The Food and Drug Administration may have banned candy- and fruit-flavored cigarettes Tuesday, but some public health experts still see a big hole in their efforts to keep teens from starting to smoke. That’s because menthol, the top-selling flavor of cigarette and one increasingly popular with teen smokers, remains on the market. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which President Obama signed in June, authorized the FDA to ban all flavors of cigarettes except menthol. The act required the FDA to create a Tobacco Products Advisory Committee, which will submit reports ... Jump to full article >>

Foundation Takes Bold Position Urging the FDA to Act Now As Other Flavored Tobacco Products Are Pulled From the Shelves Today the American Legacy Foundation(R) (Legacy) urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit menthol in cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products as one of its first priorities related to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the Act). Legacy highlighted menthol as a top priority, indicating that menthol products account for one-fifth of the U.S. cigarette market and highlighting that approximately 80 percent of African-American smokers smok ... Jump to full article >>

JANESVILLE (WREX) — As Wisconsin legislators consider a statewide smoking ban, some bar owners and patrons criticize the proposal. At Legends in Janesville, most of the Mothers Day crowd was smoking. And they had a common message for nonsmokers. “Go to a non-smoking bar,” said Paul Tjaden. “There’s getting to be more of those.” “I find it hilarious that they want to raise taxes on cigarettes to raise all this revenue, yet make it illegal to smoke cigarettes,” said Steve Sullivan. “It just seems like a really silly idea.” Even acros ... Jump to full article >>