The tobacco industry has set its sights on Africa, exploiting regulatory loopholes and targeting a rapidly growing youth population with new nicotine products, warns Professor Lekan Ayo-Yusuf of ...

He said the tobacco industry aggressively targets lower-income populations and youth, using these tactics to increase sales and maintain market dominance.

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The end of the court-mandated corrective statements for tobacco industry means a renewed push for policies reducing tobacco use and protecting future generations.

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Young people are smoking tobacco less than they have in a generation, a new study showed. A survey of U.S. high school and middle school students found that the decline in tobacco use stemmed from ...

Create a smoke-free society by the year 2000,” said Surgeon General C. Everett Koop back in 1986. Nearly four decades later, ...

The National Cancer Institute has released a report that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking.

As of July 1, France has implemented a sweeping nationwide ban on smoking in outdoor areas popular with children-including ...

He says the industry is targeting African youth. Ayo-Yusuf says they are touting smokeless alternatives like e-cigarettes as safe. This is despite mounting evidence of their health risks.

They've witnessed the impact of tobacco use and nicotine addiction on their peers, family members and community, and they refuse to let this insidious industry continue targeting youth.

The 23 rd annual "State of Tobacco Control" report evaluates state and federal efforts to eliminate tobacco use and save lives with proven-effective tobacco control laws and policies.