are cigarette sales down Chart: Has Smoking Lost Its Cool? Mass. cigarette sales down 24%

A study of high school students published in the Journal American Medical Association (JAMA) shows those who have tried e-cigarettes are more likely to also try traditional cigarettes

Bob Toal Id Rather Fight than Switch I remember the TV and magazine ads of the 1960s by Tareyton cigarettes picturing a smoker with a black eye touting, Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch! An example from a magazine ad is shown in Figure 1

That exception was supposed to go away in 2023, but the Biden administration quietly delayed the ban on menthols

June 21, 2024 - The FDA has authorized four menthol-flavored products made by NJOY: NJOY ACE menthol pods in 2.4 and 5 percent nicotine strengths, and the NJOY DAILY Menthol (4.5 percent) and NJOY DAILY EXTRA Menthol (6 percent)

I think there was something in the zeitgeist of the 90s, we were moving away from what we thought was hard truth into the world of digitization, the postmodern world of Your truth is your truth