Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state with more than 200 million residents, has become the country’s latest state to begin implementing the ban on the sale of gutka, a deadly form of chewing tobacco that is fueling an oral cancer epidemic. This action follows the Supreme Court’s denial of a tobacco industry petition to stay implementation of the ban.
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The federal government must provide strong leadership in the fight against tobacco use, the number one cause of preventable death in the United States.
After a long battle, Congress and President Obama in 2009 enacted a new law giving the Food and Drug Administration authority to regulate tobacco products and marketing.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids was a leader in the fight for this law and is working to ensure it is vigorously enforced.
The Obama Administration also has launched the first national tobacco control strategy, which calls for a public education campaign and other actions to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from harmful secondhand smoke. It is critical that the plan be robustly funded and effectively implemented.
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A landmark 2009 law gives the FDA authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products
New law requires large, graphic cigarette warnings, but tobacco companies fight change to protect profits
Learn more about the Administration's plan to reinvigorate efforts to reduce tobacco use
New law bolsters disease prevention and expands coverage for quit-smoking therapies
Higher tobacco taxes reduce smoking, raise revenue and are popular with the public
The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act bars the illegal sale of tax-evading tobacco products over the Internet
Tobacco products should be excluded from trade agreements
Tobacco use takes a huge toll in health, live and dollars in every state.
Tobacco costs state taxpayers billions each year in Medicaid and other health care expenses and imposes enormous costs on families and businesses.
State and local governments often have been in the forefront of the drive to reduce tobacco use, save lives and save money. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids works to put proven solutions in place in every state and community.
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More and more states and localities are passing smoke-free laws that protect everyone's right to breathe clean air
Tobacco taxes are a win-win-win for states: they raise billions in revenue, reduce smoking and are popular with voters
Every state should fund prevention programs at CDC-recommended levels. Only two states currently do
Read our report on how the states are collecting billions in tobacco revenue, but are spending less to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit
Tobacco use killed one hundred million people worldwide in the 20th century. Without urgent action, it will kill one billion people in the 21st century.
An international treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, requires nations to implement proven measures to reduce tobacco use.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids supports governments and non-governmental organizations around the world in promoting and implementing these policies. We are a partner in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, which focuses on low- and middle-income countries where more than 80 percent of tobacco-related deaths will occur in the coming decades.
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Bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship reduce tobacco use, especially among youth
International and national policies are needed to combat the illicit tobacco trade, which harms public health and global security and costs governments billions
Nations must stop the marketing of cigarettes as "light" and "low-tar," which falsely promotes some cigarettes as less harmful
Aggressive campaigns prevent children from smoking, help smokers quit and change public attitudes
There is a fast-growing global movement to adopt 100 percent smoke-free laws that apply to all workplaces and public places
Higher tobacco taxes reduce smoking, save lives and increase revenues
Large, graphic warning labels increase knowledge of health risks and influence decisions whether to smoke
For decades, the tobacco industry has marketed its deadly products to kids, deceived the public about the harmful effects of tobacco use and fought proven measures to reduce tobacco use.
In a landmark 2006 U.S. federal court ruling, the big cigarette makers were found to be racketeers who engaged in a deadly fraud.
Despite marketing restrictions and the imposition of new Food and Drug Administration regulations, the industry continues to try to thwart the law.
And it has redoubled its promotion of tobacco products around the world, targeting low- and middle-income countries with limited resources to deal with its deadly products and deceptive marketing.
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Major tobacco companies are racketeers who conspired to deceive the public and target children
The tobacco industry is trying to thwart FDA's new ban and perpetuate a deadly fraud
Big Tobacco targets low- and middle-income countries with its deadly products and deceptive marketing.
Tobacco companies target women and girls with seductive advertising that exploits the desire for independence and glamour
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