states, beginning with California in 1989, have earmarked a portion of the new revenues from a tobacco tax increase to comprehensive tobacco control programs that include educating the public about the harms from tobacco use, enacting and enforcing smoke-free environments in public places, supporting tobacco cessation counseling and products, and more, resulting in even larger reductions in tobacco use than those resulting from the tax increase alone
Health leaders, NHS bosses and medical professionals have widely welcomed the plan to create smoke-free generation
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With the failure of the Biden administration to act federally to end the sale of menthol cigarettes, the time is now for the City Council to pass this important piece of legislation. Ending the sale of menthol cigarettes is a critical step toward dismantling the predatory tactics of Big Tobacco that have disproportionately harmed Black and Brown communities in New York City for decades, said Lisa David, President & CEO, Public Health Solutions
