Is an Occasional Cigarette Really That Bad?

There isn’t much research on those of us who bum a cigarette every so often, but here’s what we do know: Cigarettes are still ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Would these graphic cigarette pack warnings discourage smoking?

SAN DIEGO — Researchers gave San Diego smokers cigarette packs with graphic warning labels to see whether they discouraged smoking, and the gruesome pictures made participants more likely to hide ...
UPI

Graphic labels cause smokers to hide cigarette packs, study finds

June 2 (UPI) --The use of graphic images and warnings on cigarette labels led smokers to hide the packs but not change their smoke habits, a health study published Thursday revealed. The study ...
MinnPost

As low-nicotine cigarettes hit the market, anti-smoking groups press for wider standard

The first authorized cigarettes with 95% less nicotine than traditional smokes are coming to California, Florida, and Texas in early July, after a year of test-marketing in Illinois and Colorado.
Star Tribune

Cigarettes at $15 per pack? Minneapolis might do it.

The Minneapolis City Council is considering making a pack of cigarettes no cheaper than $15 — before taxes — the highest in the nation. “That’s robbery,” said Ojo Trill after shopping at the Uptown ...
The Washington Post

Build Back Better’s e-cigarette tax will make people smoke more

One of the many goals of the Build Back Better plan is to improve the health of the public. Yet members of Congress have undermined that goal by including a tax on nonconventional nicotine products, ...
News Medical

Smokers hide cigarette packs with graphic warning labels in public, study finds

Smokers in the United States who received cigarette packs with graphic warning labels hid their packs 38% more often. However, smokers stopped hiding their cigarettes when they returned to regular ...