While Minnesota will have the highest tax on tobacco products of its neighbors starting Monday, Bloemendaal said the state previously had one of the lower taxes at $1.23 per pack of cigarettes
Current evidence indicates that all commercially available forms of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) including gum, transdermal patches, nasal sprays, inhalers, and sublingual tablets/lozenges enhance the likelihood of successfully quitting smoking
Prohibiting menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes will reduce youth smoking, save lives, and advance health equity.
Legislative and regulatory approaches that have reduced tobacco use among youth in general such as limiting minors' commercial access to tobacco or increasing taxes on cigarettes have had little impact on homeless youth
Bush administration when Congress enacted the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Reorganization Act, whose Synar Amendment forced states to create their own laws to have a minimum age of 18 to purchase tobacco or else lose funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Application No
