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Mass firings hit US tobacco regulators overwhelmed with thousands of new products

The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, which is not taxpayer-funded, oversees an industry whose products kill nearly half a million Americans each year.

February 28, 2025
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Kenya sets precedent with graphic health warnings on vapes and nicotine pouches

The government previously weakened Velo warning labels after British American Tobacco threatened to pull investment from a factory in Nairobi, an Examination investigation found.

February 26, 2025
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Fruity ‘click’ cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid ‘constant’ industry lobbying

Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises.

November 21, 2024
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Former FDA lawyers join tobacco industry in ‘epic’ fight against the agency

As legal battles over vapes and menthol cigarettes mount, tobacco companies turn to former agency insiders to press their case.

October 21, 2024
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Chronic pain and opioids: a crisis goes global

September 17, 2024
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In the US, opioid-maker Purdue is bankrupt. Its global counterparts make millions.

Tactics used to persuade U.S. doctors that potent painkillers could be safely prescribed have been used abroad, an investigation shows.

September 17, 2024