While the idea of plain packaging might be new to many Canadians, it is certainly not new to the Canadian Cancer Society
But the FDA has since faced a court deadline to act on the menthol-ban question, which was triggered from a citizen petition in 2013 signed by advocacy groups like the American Heart Association, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK), and the American Lung Association
Ladapo JA, Tseng C-H, Sherman SE
We estimate that, if the US menthol ban would have the same impact on increasing quitting that was found after the Canadian menthol ban, this would lead to an additional 1,337,988 smokers who would quit, of whom 381,272 would be African American smokers
A smoking ban in cars (with passengers under 18) came into force in England and Wales in October 2015