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Declaración de Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer, Red de Acción Contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Americana Contra el Cáncer, American Heart Association (Asociación Estadounidense del Corazón), American Lung Association (Asociación Estadounidense del Pulmón), Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (Estadounidenses por los Derechos de los No Fumadores), The Center for Black Health & Equity (anteriormente la Red Nacional Afroamericana de Prevención del Tabaco) y the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund (Fondo de Acción para Niños Libres de Tabaco) (intervinientes de salud pública en el caso)

ALBANY, NY – 12 DE ABRIL DE 2023 – Hoy, JUUL anunció que pagará $462 millones para resolver una investigación multiestatal sobre sus prácticas de comercialización a menores de edad para atraer consumidores jóvenes a sus cigarrillos electrónicos adictivos. 

Big Tobacco, an industry which has for decades addicted and endangered the lives of millions of Americans for their own profit, will finally have to post the truth about their deception and their deadly products where they are sold.

WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it will prohibit menthol cigarettes and all flavors in cigars.

Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Truth Initiative

Statement of the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, National African American Tobacco Prevention Network and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund (public health intervenors in the case)

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/24952/012318ecigaretteConclusionsbyEvidence.pdfSeven public health and medical groups, and several individual pediatricians, filed suit today in federal court in Maryland challenging a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision that allows electronic cigarettes and cigars – including candy-flavored products that appeal to kids – to stay on the market for years without being reviewed by the agency.

Starting Nov. 26, the major U.S. tobacco companies must run court-ordered newspaper and television advertisements that tell the American public the truth about the deadly consequences of smoking and secondhand smoke, as well as the companies’ intentional design of cigarettes to make them more addictive.