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U.S. adults continue to swap smoke for clouds. Rates of cigarette use among over 18 Americans dropped to a new low last year, as just about one in nine adults now identify as smokers, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s compared to more than one in eight in 2018 and more than one in seven in 2019.Simone Giertz on Project Failures | Gizmodo Talks The popularity of smoking has been generally on the decline for decades, since its peak in the 1960s. But the new rate…

Helen Mirren’s latexed and enhanced portrayal of Golda Meir, Israel’s “Iron Lady” prime minister during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, has been overtaken by a debate about “Jewface” casting because Mirren is not Jewish – addressing why Jews are casually excluded from the otherwise fiercely policed sensibilities about authenticity and identity on screen. (Would they get a white actor, for example, to black up as President Anwar Sadat?) It’s a valid and important question, but not exactly the problem in this stately, stuffy and…

Altria's Marlboro cigarettes sold at a store.Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMajor cigarette companies will soon be required to post signs at retail locations warning of the health effects of smoking, the Justice Department announced.The order, set to go into effect on July 1, 2023, is the last in a broader series of court-ordered measures stemming from a 1999 lawsuit against cigarette companies, the department said in a release.The order requires defendants Altria, Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco…

A new study has revealed that marijuana smokers have a higher rate of emphysema and airway diseases compared to cigarette smokers.Researchers have found marijuana smokers have a higher rate of emphysema and airway diseases compared to cigarette smokers. The findings, from the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, will be published today (November 15) in the journal Radiology.In the study, the chest CT examinations of 56 marijuana smokers, 57 non-smokers, and 33 tobacco-only smokers between 2005 and 2020 were…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research in the journal Marketing Science, conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago and University of Washington, finds a 10% increase in TV product placement for cigarettes increases sales by 2% for the tobacco brand shown on-screen. Furthermore, it has the same effect on its direct competitors' sales as well.…

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)Juul’s 2022 just went from bad to worse. The e-cigarette maker somehow managed to narrowly survive (at least for now) a Federal Drug Administration effort to ban its products nationwide only to get smacked with a settlement worth nearly half a billion this week.On Tuesday, the company agreed to cough up $439 million to put to rest a two-year-old investigation led by 33 states and Puerto Rico seeking to determine whether the vaping giant markets its products to children and teens. In…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The world's largest multinational tobacco companies are advertising cigarettes to kids near playgrounds and schools in 42 majority low- and middle-income countries. That's the key finding of our recently published paper. …

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The move to reduce nicotine wouldn’t take effect for years, but could be the largest act against cigarettes in years. Photo: Axel Heimken (AP)Joe Biden’s administration is looking to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes sold in the U.S., the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The move could be a big blow to the tobacco industry but may help curb smokers’ dependence on cigarettes.The administration is expected to announce a policy this week that would require tobacco companies to cut back on the amount of nicotine…