FDAs decision to move forward with a ban on menthol cigarettes is one of the most significant public health actions that the FDA has taken in years and will have a greater impact on the death and disease caused by tobacco in the United States than almost any other single action, says Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Market concentration in the nicotine pouch sub-segment is particularly elevated, given the capital-intensive nature of building brand awareness and retail distribution for a relatively new product format
Also, most of the vendors are not aware that e-cigarettes have been banned by law and are openly selling those, and the e-cigarettes that are being sold are mostly manufactured in China, the survey conducted by five organisations -- Voluntary Health Association of India, VOICE, Nadda India, National Law School University India, Bangalore and Karnataka NO for Tobacco -- said
Aggregate data (presented as total and/or per capita cigarette consumption) generally produce objective quantitative information about overall volumes
