Below are letters and statements by health care and public health organizations about the elimination of the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health. The CDC Office of Smoking and Health provided grants to support state tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, conducted the national media campaign "Tips from Former Smokers", and funded state quitlines for telephone-based counseling services. Coalition letter posted by
The Policy Research Center for Tobacco and the Environment's 2nd Annual Research Symposium will take place on May 30th from 8:30am-3:00pm. Abstract submissions for poster presentations are due April 30th at 5pm (PT). More information about this hybrid symposium can be found on their event webpage.
The American Lung Association released the 23rd annual “State of Tobacco Control” report. This report evaluates states and the federal government on the proven-effective tobacco control laws and policies necessary to save lives. The ALA assigns letter grades, A through F, to the state and federal policies best proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use.
FDA issued a proposed rule to reduce nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products. Starting on January 16, the public will have through September 15, 2025, to provide comments, which the agency will review as it considers future action.
The TCPRC team developed a statewide policy brief to help educate about the need for 2 bills which will help with enforcement of existing flavored tobacco sales restriction policies:
Please join us in celebrating TCPRC awardees: Congratulations to Erik Tseregounis, PhD for his TRDRP New Investigator Award on "Tobacco-focused Care Enhancement of Existing Inpatient Substance Use Treatment Services" Congratulations to Cindy Valencia, PhD for her NIH Loan Repayment Program award: "Improving Tobacco Treatment Equity among Latinos on California Medicaid through Culturally-derived Messaging and Proactive Outreach" Congratulations to TCPRC GOLD Fellowship Awardee Shichen Zheng.
UC Davis established a Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center last year in 2023. Dr. Elisa Tong, an expert in tobacco studies, is now leading the state's first Tobacco Cessation Policy Research Center. The center received $3.7 million in funding from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program to operate for four years."
In an article with Yahoo LIfe, Dr. Michael Ong discusses Zyn nicotine pouches:
So what exactly is Zyn?
It's a form of smokeless nicotine. "Zyn is an oral nicotine pouch that is similar to oral smokeless tobacco products but does not contain tobacco leaf," Dr. Michael Ong, professor in residence of Medicine and Health Policy and Management at UCLA, tells Yahoo Life. "Snuff differs from Zyn in that it contains tobacco leaf."
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