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Friday, November 21, 2025 Understanding Next Steps for Menthol (Update from Public Health Law Center) » On October 27, 2025, plaintiffs ended their lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food...
Friday, November 21, 2025 New Study: Text Message Quit-vaping Program Can Help Young People Quit Both Nicotine and Cannabis » A text message quit-vaping program designed to help young people quit nicotine – part of EX Program by Truth Initiative –...
Friday, November 21, 2025 National Partnership Launches New Tool to Address Tobacco Disparities in Behavioral Health » The National Partnership on Behavioral Health and Tobacco Use, co-founded by the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, unit...
Friday, November 21, 2025 New Paper - Digital Smoking Cessation Preferences of Predominately Low-Income and Latino Residents o » Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS, Director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, is a co-author of a new paper published...
Friday, November 21, 2025 November Update: What Federal Health Agency Cuts Mean for Tobacco Control » While many staff have reportedly been reinstated at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products, exact...
Friday, November 21, 2025 PCORI Study Recruitment – Focus Testing Opportunity for Menthol Cigarette Smokers » The recruitment has officially begun for the PCORI-funded study at the University of Michigan. They are seeking 20 individ...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 Strong State Policies in California and Massachusetts Significantly Reduced Youth Access to Flavored » In the face of rising sales of flavored e-cigarettes, state policies are critical to protecting young people, according to...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 What are Nicotine-Free Generation Policies? » Despite significant progress in reducing and de-normalizing commercial tobacco use in American society, it remains the cou...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 LGBT+ Youth and Young Adults in States with Protective Policies had more than 50% Lower Odds of Smok » According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, LGBT+ individuals living in states with policies...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 CDC Foundation Resource - U.S. Cessation Landscape Assessment, 09/2025, Executive Summary » Comprehensive commercial tobacco prevention and control efforts include expanding access to cessation services, yet recent...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 Resource from The Office of the Surgeon General - Sound the Alarm: Youth Vaping Can Harm » The Office of the Surgeon General has released a new Youth Vaping Resource Guide...
Thursday, October 23, 2025 Updates on the National Portal » Over the past several months, NAQC has fielded concerns from states about the status of national cessation infrastructure....
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Educators’ Perspectives on Vaping in the Classroom: A Disruptive, Pervasive Problem » Educators continue to grapple with nicotine use in schools, reporting that vaping is “a daily issue” that disrupts learnin...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 For People Quitting Nicotine, On-screen Tobacco Use Can Put a Quit Attempt at Risk » Research shows that on-screen tobacco imagery can make young people more likely to smoke and vape – but it...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 News Article - Leaders Unite to Defend Public Health » Nine former CDC directors published a New York Times guest essay condemning the administration’s dismantling of the agency...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 News Article - The Quit smoking Ads that Helped Millions are Ending. A Former Smoker and Experts Fea » “The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 HHS, CBP Seize $86.5 Million Worth of Illegal E-Cigarettes in Largest-Ever Operation » The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and U.S. Cust...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 News Article - FDA’s Cigarette Labeling Regulations Vacated by Georgia Judge » A recent Bloomberg Law article reported that a federal judge invalidated the FDA’s requirement for new graphic...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Another Reason to Quit Vaping? The Environmental Impact of E-cigarettes » There are so many reasons people want to quit vaping for good – health, freedom from nicotine addiction, the influence of...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 E-cigarette and Cigarette Sales Decline After California Law Eliminates Sale of Flavored Tobacco » California’s policy prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco products caused a significant drop in e-cigarette and cigaret...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Respira Vida: Empowering Hispanic/Latino Americans to Break Free from Nicotine Addiction » Respira Vida, part of the Culture and Cessation Collective, is a coalition of community members reclaiming the narrative a...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 American Academy of Pediatrics Resource - Youth Tobacco Cessation Progressive Web Application » The American Academy of Pediatrics has a tool for pediatricians to support youth vaping cessation. It...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Report from ASTHO - Tobacco Use in King County Washington: A Medicaid Data Analysis Report » Commercial tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the U.S., yet many state tobacco control p...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 New Research Letter Publication in JAMA Pediatrics: Vaping Cessation Methods Used by Adolescents » A new research letter titled “Vaping Cessation Methods Used by Adolescents” was published online on July 7th in JAMA Pedia...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Online Social Forums May be a Valuable Resource for Young People Looking to Quit E-cigarettes » Many young people who use e-cigarettes want to quit , and according to a study published in Internet...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 A New Resource from A Coalition of Fired HHS Employees and Allies » Fired But Fighting has launched the CDC Data Project , a new online tool that makes it easier to unde...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Truth Initiative Backs Arizona AG in Bold Action to Protect Youth from Illegal Nicotine Sales » Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed suit against two businesses operating four Phoenix-area smoke shops that “pe...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 FDA Authorization of Juul Menthol E-cigarettes Raises Concerns About Youth Tobacco Use » WASHINGTON D.C., July 17, 2025 — Nancy Brown, chief executive of the American Heart Association, a global force changing t...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Celebrating 25 Years of the Public Health Law Center » For a quarter century, the Public Health Law Center has been at the forefront of advancing equitable public health policy...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Online Training Series: Tobacco Use Treatment in Behavioral Health Care (The National Center of Exce » The National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery (CoE-TFR) presents a 5-module e-course desi...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Update on Asian Smokers’ Quitline (ASQ) » ASQ would like to share an update that they can now serve clients nationwide again. So, clients who call the followin...
Friday, June 20, 2025 American Lung Association New Report-Lifesaving Programs to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use Go Up in » American Lung Association released a new report that examines the immediate impacts of the dramatic cuts to the U.S. Depar...
Friday, June 20, 2025 What Federal Health Agency Cuts Mean for Tobacco Control » The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the elimination or significant reductio...
Friday, June 20, 2025 Tracking U.S. E-Cigarette Regulations – Interactive Map by Public Health Law Center » The Center has updated its interactive map of state e-cigarette laws and summaries. The map and summaries are based on a s...
Friday, June 20, 2025 Truth Initiative Fact Sheet - Tobacco Use in the LGBTQ+ Community » Truth Initiative released a fact sheet highlighting how the tobacco industry has historically targeted communiti...
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