August 15, 2019
Tag: Tobacco
August 15, 2019
Winston-Salem Journal: These toned-down — but still graphic — warning labels could appear on cigarette packages if the FDA gets its way
July 26, 2019
MarketWatch: FDA warns teens against ‘epidemic of addiction’ — amid revelation that Juul representatives visited high schools
September 19, 2018
NIH awards $11.6M grant to support study of retail tobacco policies across the U.S.
Three innovative and complementary research projects, done in partnership with UNC at Chapel Hill, Stanford University and Washington University in St. Louis, will examine the role of the tobacco retail environment in promoting tobacco use and causing tobacco-related illnesses.
September 25, 2017
Warnings of tobacco addiction considered believable
In the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, UNC Lineberger researcher Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Allison Lazard, PhD, compared how believable adults and adolescents found different warnings on addiction and tobacco.
July 21, 2016
Snuffing out illegal online tobacco sales to minors
Rebecca Williams, MHS, PhD, has studied the online sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products for nearly two decades. Through her research, including a recent paper in Tobacco Control, she has uncovered the ways the industry has gotten around government oversight, especially as it applies to sales to minors.