On November 24, 2025, Gibbs emailed a "Statewide poll working group" inviting them to help "formulate a statewide voter poll on messaging around endgame policies." The group included three CDPH employees: Lautsch, Valenzuela, and Tonia Hagaman, alongside American Heart Association staff and Rachael Record, a San Diego State University professor whose published research explicitly aimed to develop community-specific messaging strategies to build support for tobacco prohibition
Its glass, so handle it with care, but it does feel like a piece of art so you'll probably do just fine
The prevalence of weekly smoking among 15-year-old girls was higher than that of 15-year-old boys in 16 mainly Western European countries whereas the opposite was found in most Eastern European countries
Graphic visuals of the side effects of tobacco use and interviews with those who have needed disfiguring surgeries on the neck, tongue, and other parts of the body convey the message without preaching
The fear expressed by retailers is that overly restrictive measures could create scope for the illegal market, reducing the authorities ability to monitor it