The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa has called on the Federal Government to mandate sugar-sweetened beverage manufacturers to place front-of-pack warning labels on their ...

Smoking, the leading cause of preventable death and disease, continues to affect nearly 29 million adults in the U.S. alone If approved, cytisinicline will be the first new FDA-approved ...

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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids called the majority decision disappointing, saying it would allow manufacturers to “judge shop,” though it said the companies will still have to contend with the ...

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from enforcing a requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings on the impacts of smoking. On ...

U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, on Monday sided with R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies in finding the FDA went beyond its authority by requiring packaging and ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy's new report highlights findings that drinking alcohol, like smoking cigarettes, increases the risk of developing cancer.

The FDA required that warnings about the risks of smoking occupy the top 50% of cigarette packs and top 20% of advertisements. A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. June 29, 2024.

British American Tobacco (BTI) lost an appeal to the Supreme Court regarding the FDA's use of graphic warning labels on cigarettes. Read more here.

In 1966, the first warning label appeared on the side of cigarette packs in the United States. Stating “Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health,” it was also the first such ...

Ten years after the Food and Drug Administration struck out on its first swing at enforcing new tobacco product warning labels, the agency got a win at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The FDA rule adopted in March 2020 during the Trump administration required that warnings about the risks of smoking occupy the top 50% of cigarette packs and top 20% of ads.