US government fails when it comes to tobacco reduction, American Lung Association report say
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The federal government gets "mostly failing grades on its efforts to prevent and reduce tobacco," a new report from the American Lung Association says.
The 20th annual "State of Tobacco Control" report calls for an end to manufacturing flavored tobacco, saying flavored tobacco products and e-cigarettes jeopardize progress made by tobacco control policy.
More than 2 million high school and middle school students used e-cigarettes in 2021, and 85.8% of high school students and 79.2% of middle school students who used e-cigarettes used flavored products, according to the report.
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