/tags/tobacco tobacco en-US Copyright Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:14:03 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-08-06/repeating-history-norcal-county-plugs-budget-gap-with-opioid-settlement-cash The settlement funds are the result of thousands of lawsuits filed against a host of health care companies, including Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, CVS Health, and Walmart, for aggressively promoting and distributing painkillers. Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:14:03 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-08-06/repeating-history-norcal-county-plugs-budget-gap-with-opioid-settlement-cash Aneri Pattani / KFF Health News /health-and-medicine/2023-07-18/californians-are-smoking-less-why-thats-a-problem-for-these-early-childhood-services A new ban on flavored tobacco products is accelerating a decline in nicotine tax revenue that funds California’s early childhood services. Some programs are already making cuts. Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:55:46 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-07-18/californians-are-smoking-less-why-thats-a-problem-for-these-early-childhood-services Ana B. Ibarra /politics-government/2023-05-05/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-goes-after-the-nfl-and-tobacco As California’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Rob Bonta has plenty of leeway for his to-do list. This week, he’s using his powers widely on some hot-button issues. Fri, 05 May 2023 21:34:28 GMT /politics-government/2023-05-05/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-goes-after-the-nfl-and-tobacco Lynn La /health-and-medicine/2023-04-15/tobacco-sales-phaseout-withers-in-california-without-support-from-anti-tobacco-advocates A bill to phase out all tobacco sales in California has been shelved, and anti-tobacco groups won’t say why they didn’t offer support. The bill was amended to focus on enforcing an existing ban on flavored tobacco. Sat, 15 Apr 2023 13:02:03 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-04-15/tobacco-sales-phaseout-withers-in-california-without-support-from-anti-tobacco-advocates Alexei Koseff /politics-government/2022-11-06/californias-proposed-flavored-tobacco-ban-gives-hookah-a-pass The question of why the California ban on flavored tobacco products would grant hookah smokers an exception while banning menthol cigarettes, the choice of 85% of African American smokers, has sparked a debate about which tobacco products — if any — merit protection. Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:18:50 GMT /politics-government/2022-11-06/californias-proposed-flavored-tobacco-ban-gives-hookah-a-pass Rachel Scheier / KHN /health-and-medicine/2022-08-22/more-communities-are-giving-flavored-tobacco-the-boot-will-california-follow California’s third-largest city banished flavored tobacco products from store shelves this summer, joining scores of other cities and counties in the state in a public health push to reduce nicotine addiction among youths and young adults. This fall, voters will decide on a proposed statewide ban. Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:49:46 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-08-22/more-communities-are-giving-flavored-tobacco-the-boot-will-california-follow Zinnia Finn / KHN /health-and-medicine/2021-01-01/cigarette-taxes-in-oregon-are-increasing-in-the-new-year Many tobacco smokers in Oregon will now have to pay higher taxes for cigarettes and e-cigarettes, put into effect January 1. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 14:33:18 GMT /health-and-medicine/2021-01-01/cigarette-taxes-in-oregon-are-increasing-in-the-new-year /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-01-07/kicking-an-old-habit-in-the-new-year Even the people who resist making New Year's resolutions may be inclined to think in terms of "turning a page" into a new year, and changing some… Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:53:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-01-07/kicking-an-old-habit-in-the-new-year Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-09-10/ventsday-nullification-tobacco-sales-to-minors We do not schedule guests for Wednesday at 8:30, because that's the time for VENTSday, your chance to vent (politely, please) on a pair of topics in the… Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:11:29 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-09-10/ventsday-nullification-tobacco-sales-to-minors Geoffrey Riley