NAQC Newsroom: Tobacco Control

Monitoring a Changing Tobacco Product Market

Thursday, January 22, 2026  
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
A new report from Truth Initiative reveals that the tobacco industry continues to aggressively target youth by developing and promoting products designed to attract them—such as “smart” vapes, flavored nicotine pouches, and disposable e-cigarettes. These emerging trends, combined with recent reductions in U.S. funding for tobacco prevention and cessation, threaten decades of progress in protecting young people from nicotine addiction and put a new generation at greater risk.
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