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Fact sheets: Regulatory options for non-cigarette tobacco products
In response to the growing popularity of non-cigarette tobacco products in the U.S., the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium presents a series of fact sheets that provide information about policy options for regulating several of these new products. The fact sheets address dissolvable tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, hookahs and water pipes, snus, and little cigars by providing a brief overview of each product, their health risks, gaps in their regulation, and policy approaches that state and local governments might consider to control their use, pricing, or sale.

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National

Tobacco makers appeal over 'truth' statement requirements
The nation’s largest tobacco manufacturers, R.J. Reynolds, Altria Group Co., Philip Morris USA Inc., and Lorillard Tobacco Co., have appealed the November 2012 decision by Judge Gladys Kessler that would require tobacco companies to make corrective statements in their marketing regarding the negative health effects of smoking tobacco. The decision was made by Kessler based on evidence that the tobacco giants deceived the public with their false claims downplaying the negative health outcomes associated with cigarette smoking. The tobacco companies appealed this ruling stating that it “forced public confessions.” The statements would have had to be displayed at retail point of sale locations, and would notify the public of the companies’ deceptions. Click here to read more.

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