Tobacco industry interference against the single stick cigarette sales ban

Has the tobacco industry evaded the FDA's ban on ‘Light’ cigarette descriptors?

BACKGROUND Under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of "Lights" descriptors or similar terms on tobacco products that convey messages of reduced risk. Manufacturers eliminated terms explicitly stated and substituted colour name descriptors corresponding to the banned terms. This paper examines whether the tobacco...

No plans to ban tobacco sales in BC drugstores.

Tobacco industry response to a ban on lights descriptors on cigarette packaging and population outcomes.

OBJECTIVE The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its Guidelines recommend nations ban the use of misleading terms, such as 'light' and 'mild' on tobacco product advertising, packaging and labelling. Many nations, including the USA, have implemented such bans and some have introduced or passed legislation requiring plain packaging on tobacco products. We previously reported that man...

The opinions of adults about the ban on cigarette sales to minors

BACKGROUND Selling of tobacco products to minors has been banned since 1996 by the tobacco control law in Turkey. However, it is also important for the public to support practices that prevent the access of tobacco products to minors. In addition, every individual has the responsibility of carrying out society based programs that restrict access to tobacco products especially to children and th...

The cigarette industry before and after the Tobacco Resolution