SNUFFING OUT ON-SCREEN TOBACCO Tobacco imagery has been stubbornly present in media most popular with youth, despite years of research tying on-screen tobacco depictions on-screen to youth tobacco use
We dont have graphic warnings [which is a problem because] many people cant read the text thats only in English, and we dont enforce laws around advertisement, particularly for e-cigarettes. That will change if Parliament passes the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, which would require all tobacco products (including e-cigarettes) to have plain packaging and a graphic warning that covers at least 65% of the front of packaging
So how does this translate to nicotine-containing products
The global burden of tobacco This link opens in a new window Using data from 3,625 nationally representative surveys, the three new studies published in The Lancet and The Lancet Public Health by the Global Burden of Disease collaboration provide global estimates on smoking prevalence in 204 countries in men and women aged 15 and over, including age of initiation, associated diseases, and risks among current and former smokers, as well as the first analysis of global trends in chewing tobacco use.
My doctor said that was not the kind of star quality he admired
