Control de tabaco Press Releases
With the Department of Justice announcement today that it will not appeal a federal court ruling throwing out new graphic warning labels created by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for cigarette packs, we urge the FDA to work expeditiously to develop new graphic warnings that are still required by law.
Awareness and use of electronic cigarettes, commonly referred to as e-cigarettes, significantly increased between 2010 and 2011, according to survey results released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released the final Health Insurance Market Reform Rule of the Affordable Care Act, including a more specific definition of what constitutes a tobacco user for purposes of determining whether insurers can charge a higher insurance premium.
WASHINGTON, DC Jan. 31, 2013 -- Our organizations strongly support the legislation introduced today by U.S. Sen.
WASHINGTON, DC (December 6, 2012) -- The states this year will collect a record $25.7 billion in revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but will spend less than two percent of it -- $459.5 million -- on programs to prevent kids from smoking a
WASHINGTON, D.C. November 27, 2012 U.S.
Residents of 30 of America 's 50 largest cities are currently covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws, compared to just one city in 2000, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- November 8, 2012 -- The number of adults who smoke and the intensity level of those who do declined between 2005 and 2011, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- October 15, 2012 -- U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- August 27, 2012 -- Nearly 60 percent of young adult cigar smokers smoke flavored cigars, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health.