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ASH (Action on Smoking & Health) and the Public Health Law Center, an ASPiRE Community Advisory Board member, will host a webinar at 12 p.m. EDT on Wed., June 25: U.S. Tobacco Policy and Enforcement During COVID-19 Shutdown. The webinar will examine the intersection of state and local policy responses to COVID-19 and commercial tobacco [...]
In its call for papers, “Addressing Health Disparities and Improving Population Health in Diverse Communities and Settings,” Preventing Chronic Disease invites authors to submit manuscripts describing innovative and effective work that addresses factors contributing to health disparities and improvement of population health. The CDC cites a range of community-based, technically innovative, and clinically driven prevention [...]
The Oakland City Council unanimously voted May 12 to ban the sale of flavored and menthol tobacco products at all tobacco retailers, closing the so-called “tobacco store” loophole in the city’s 2017 ordinance. The exemption had permitted retailers to continue selling flavored tobacco at “adult-only” tobacco stores. As detailed by ASPiRE CAB member Paul Cummings [...]
A town health board whose members sniffed flavored cigars before penalizing a convenience store for selling them acted within its authority, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The April 17 ruling came after a convenience store chain appealed a lower court ruling upholding the actions of the Yarmouth, MA, Board of Health in fining the [...]
The ASPiRE Center is awarding pilot grants of $10,000 each for the 2020-2021 grant cycle to fund developmental or early stage work, with the purpose of advancing D&I science and building capacity for D&I research in evidence-based tobacco retail policy. More information and downloadable application materials are available here. [...]
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids gathered health officials’ statements about smoking, vaping, and COVID-19. See what the FDA, CDC, WHO, and others are saying. Read the report. [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be having a dramatic effect on local tobacco-control efforts across the U.S. Personnel have been repurposed in whole or in part to focus on responding to the virus, while the enforcement of tobacco regulations has been put on the back burner, if not entirely frozen. In Philadelphia, for example, the [...]
The new Tobacco Swamps Dashboard, a research product of the Tobacco Town project, lets users explore the likely impact of tobacco retailer density policies in their cities. This interactive dashboard includes maps for all 30 cities represented the ASPiRE Community Advisory Board. [...]
Smokers are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19, according to recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smoking can compromise the immune systems of smokers, which is why they are at higher risk, according to the agency’s list of People at Higher Risk for Illness. [...]
On December 20, 2019, the federal legal minimum age of sale for tobacco products was raised to 21. On January 2, 2020, the FDA finalized a guidance that attempts to combat the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use. Both of these actions have raised many questions about what will happen next and how these policies will [...]