Tobacco

The smoking aesthetic is back in style. Shouldn’t people know better by now?

Uh oh, smoking is cool again. At least, some people seem to think so.

Dua Lipa, Lily-Rose Depp and Jenna Ortega have all flaunted their cigarettes recently. Many young people are getting back into the smoking aesthetic, especially on nights out. It’s 2023. The general public is well aware that smoking is dangerous – so why are some people still picking up smoking now?

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Walgreens implements shame-induced policy to finally protect youth from tobacco

Facing public criticism after a JAMA Pediatrics study found tobacco control violations at 22% of FDA-inspected stores, Walgreens is implementing their own “Tobacco 21” policy chain-wide starting in September. This is a step in the right direction, but notably came only after widespread public scorn. Read their press release here.

Oscar nominated films continue to promote tobacco use

In 2018 we posted about the overwhelming majority of Oscar-nominated films (86%) which featured tobacco usage. Unfortunately, this year wasn’t much better. Just under 80% of films competing featured tobacco imagery, but whereas the average nominated film in 2018 featured 69 tobacco incidents per film, the 2019 nominations averaged a staggering […]

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Walgreens violates tobacco control laws more than any other pharmacy

Walgreens has come under fire for a pattern of illegal tobacco sales to minors, with a whopping 22% of FDA-inspected Walgreens found to be violating the tobacco sale laws. Since 2010, Walgreens has received 1,550 warning letters from the FDA and 240 financial penalties for selling tobacco to minors.  A study in […]

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Koop associate director weighs in on future of nicotine-addicted youth

For years now public health officials have weighed the pros of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid against the very real appeal they pose to a generation who likely wouldn’t have otherwise experimented with tobacco. Now we are seeing the evidence. According to the annual “Monitoring the Future” survey, the […]

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