Cigarette Smoking

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US adult cigarette smoking rate hits new all-time low

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released Thursday. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults.

https://apnews.com/article/how-many-people-smoke-us-64987fe2b7bf764c64d4594e5b02e6ea

Juul Labs agrees to pay $462 million settlement to 6 states

NEW YORK (AP) — Electronic cigarette-maker Juul Labs Inc. will pay $462 million to six states and the District of Columbia, marking the largest settlement the company has reached so far for its role in the youth vaping surge, the attorneys general in several states announced Wednesday.

https://apnews.com/article/juul-tobacco-million-settlement-youth-vaping-318854025e4ee05d8b18296cb7dae772?

At trial, Minnesota says e-cigarette maker Juul targets kids

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison personally opened his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of using “slick products, clever ads and attractive flavors” to hook children on nicotine as the first of thousands of cases against the company reached trial.

https://apnews.com/article/juul-minnesota-altria-cigarettes-vaping-1c79b3154edd7791166679463cb4ac7b?

Flavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids

NEW YORK (AP) — When New York’s first licensed recreational marijuana outlet opened last month, the chief of the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, Chris Alexander, proudly hoisted a tin of watermelon-flavored gummies above the crowd.

https://apnews.com/article/health-new-york-city-marijuana-business-4245bb958368e1863d7ac9b639886790?

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i hardly see anyone smoking anymore

 

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Good thing 

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? Smoking's social-media glam

Illustration: Maura Kearns/Axios

Cigarettes were once unavoidable in the U.S., in restaurants, airplanes, your mom's living room — until health warnings and cultural pressure put out the hype. But something's shifted. Young people are glamorizing smoking on social media, and celebrities are casually lighting up on screen, Axios' Herb Scribner writes. ? You'd be hard-pressed to miss cigarettes across pop culture. More than half of the top box-office films released in 2024 featured tobacco imagery — marking a 10 percentage point jump from the year before, according to a report from nonprofit Truth Initiative and NORC at the University of Chicago. ?On Instagram, the account Cigfluencers posts throwback and new photos of celebs — including Charli xcx, Natalie Portman and Leo DiCaprio — taking drags. ⚠️ Experts worry the trend ignores the dangers of addiction. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease, death and disability nationwide, according to the CDC. Go deeper.

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? Trending vice

Illustration: Maura Kearns/Axios

Twenty-somethings are trading vapes for cigarettes. "Several studies suggest that young smokers were drawn into nicotine addiction through vaping when it was popular. This cohort then abandoned vapes when they became unfashionable and turned to cigarettes. Vaping, then, was a kind of gateway to Marlboro Lights and American Spirits," The Wall Street Journal's Katie Roiphe writes. ? The big picture: Youth e-cigarette use dropped to its lowest level in a decade last year, and overall nicotine consumption — among adults and teens — has also fallen. Both are huge public health wins. "ut in certain circles cigarettes seem to have regained a kind of cachet … It seems that in this era of wellness obsession, of kale salads and Pilates, people who are recklessly hedonistic, who choose pleasure over health, still have a certain kind of glamour." Gift link.

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Health hazard

Cigarettes don’t just cause lung cancer. The toxic smoke affects nearly every organ in the body and can lead to heart attacks and strokes. A doctor explains what you need to know.