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WHO Tobacco Treaty Summit Opens With Push to Curb Filters and Flavors

WHO backs expert proposals to curb filters and flavors to address plastic pollution and youth vaping.

Maldives Enforces First Generational Tobacco Ban Covering Residents and Tourists

UK Proposes Retail Licences for Tobacco and Vape Sales

Lula Signs Law Toughening Penalties for Giving Alcohol to Minors

B.C. Tables Bill to Sue Vaping Firms Over Deceptive Marketing

Lower Saxony Health Minister Urges National Ban on Vape Flavors in Germany

WHO Reports 100 Million Vapers Worldwide as Youth Use Far Outpaces Adults

WHO’s First Global E-Cigarette Assessment Finds 100 Million Users, Including 15 Million Adolescents

Bundesrat Takes Up Bavarian Bid to End Supervised Drinking for 14- and 15-Year-Olds

Industry-Backed Opponents Outraise Pro-Ban Campaign as Denver Flavored Tobacco Ban Heads to Ballot

Canadian Team Advances CHAMPS App Trial for Safer Cannabis Use After First-Episode Psychosis

Texas Adopts Emergency 21+ Rule for Hemp Sales After Abbott Order

Plain Vape Packs Cut Youth Appeal, Study Finds, as UK Weighs Tighter Rules

Abbott Signs Order Setting 21+ Limit on Hemp-Derived THC, Directs State Rulemaking

Texas THC Ban Stalls Again as Vape Sales Law Takes Effect

German Coalition Moves to End Supervised Teen Drinking, Weighs Raising Purchase Age

State Flavor Bans Reduce Vaping but Slow Smoking Decline, JAMA Study Finds

Galicia Advances Youth Health Law with Ban on Vapes and Energy Drinks for Minors

Morena Proposes Ban on Energy Drink Sales to Under-18s

E-Cigarette and Tobacco Use Linked to Elevated Depression, Anxiety in U.S. Teens