Belgium (January 2021) the Netherlands (October 2021) and Georgia (April 2025)
The agency did not include menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes
He too recognizes this as a vital public health improvement that protects our children from a known danger and hopefully spares many from a lifetime of addiction and health problems. About 4,800 Illinois teens become new daily smokers each year
Furthermore, there is evidence that long-term smoking can lower salivary flow rate and cause hyposalivation, with downstream effects on gustatory function
The WHO also adds that older media, which was once dispersed, is converging on digital technology, of which adolescents in many countries have easy access to, therefore effective anti-tobacco advertisements should be added to videos and other distribution channels, including cable and satellite, video-on-demand/streaming and Internet downloads after distribution