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The agency says the menthol flavor gets people hooked easier and makes it harder for them to break the addiction.
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In West Virginia, more adults use cigarettes than anywhere else in the nation, according to the CDC.
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Florida has three failing grades in the annual State of Tobacco report. Among those most hurt by tobacco products are Orange County's Black residents.
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Researchers explored trends in cigarette smoking among adolescents in grades 9-12 using CDC data from 1991 to 2021.
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In 2022, there were about 1.25 billion tobacco users ages 15 and older, down from 1.36 billion in 2000. But countries around the world had set a bigger goal.
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Casinos in several states are fighting efforts to ban smoking, and trying to roll back existing anti-smoking laws. One planned facility even moved outside a city’s limits because of voter-approved smoking restrictions.
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Currently, the state park system mostly follows the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act, which bars smoking inside buildings.
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Rishi Sunak’s office said the incremental changes could almost completely phase out smoking in young people as soon as 2040.
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The first FDA-authorized cigarettes with 95% less nicotine than traditional smokes will go on sale in Florida in early July.
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The warnings — in English and French — include "poison in every puff,” “tobacco smoke harms children” and “cigarettes cause impotence.”