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Social media marketing
fromForbes
6 hours ago

The Meta Trial And Navigating The Post-Addiction Landscape For Brands

Meta faces legal challenges regarding social media addiction, potentially altering advertising practices and brand strategies on these platforms.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
6 hours ago

The Meta Trial And Navigating The Post-Addiction Landscape For Brands

Meta faces legal challenges regarding social media addiction, potentially altering advertising practices and brand strategies on these platforms.
Law
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Meta, YouTube found liable in US social media addiction case

Meta and YouTube found liable for addictive design, with a $3 million award to the plaintiff.
Coffee
fromTasting Table
15 hours ago

The Starbucks Chai Change That Has Customers Split - Tasting Table

Starbucks has changed its chai sweetening method, using honey instead of simple syrup, leading to mixed customer reactions.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
21 hours ago

I always considered social media evil': big tobacco whistleblower on tech's addictive products

Jeffrey Wigand compares social media companies' practices to the tobacco industry's targeting of children and negligence regarding addiction and harm.
Public health
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Op-Ed | Governor's Hochul's tobacco tax will reduce teen nicotine addiction | amNewYork

Governor Hochul's proposed tobacco tax aims to reduce teen vape use and protect youth from nicotine addiction.
SF food
fromFortune
1 day ago

'Peeps are a food chemical success story': experts sound off on MAHA's push to end dyes in Easter candy-and how states are hopping to it | Fortune

Peeps symbolize progress in food safety reform, as Just Born committed to removing harmful dyes faster than competitors.
Poker
fromFortune
1 day ago

Feds sue 3 states for trying to bring Kalshi and Polymarket under more control | Fortune

The federal government is suing Connecticut, Arizona, and Illinois over their regulation of prediction market operators like Kalshi and Polymarket.
Wine
fromInsideHook
3 days ago

Turns Out There's a Way to Get Drunk Without Booze

Auto-brewery syndrome causes the body to produce alcohol naturally, leading to intoxication without drinking.
Marketing
fromBevindustry
3 days ago

Recasting Our Point of Reference in Beverage

The beverage industry is shifting back to large brands acquiring established players rather than nurturing small, niche brands.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
3 days ago

CFTC lawsuit targets states over prediction markets ban

Federal regulators are suing Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut to assert authority over event contracts against state regulations labeling them as unlicensed gambling.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The vape capital of Britain: how have two Manchester backstreets come to dominate the e-cigarette trade?

Ali's store, Fly Vape, is located in Cheetham Hill, Manchester, an area that has become a surprising hub for the vaping industry, housing over 50 outlets specializing in vaping products.
London startup
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 days ago

Teens can easily' buy vapes and lip filler on the high street, investigation finds

Underage consumers are easily accessing age-restricted products like nicotine vapes and cosmetic surgery without proper ID checks.
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Your Vape Wants to Know How Old You Are

Ike Tech claims a 100% success rate in age verification technology, but skepticism remains regarding its effectiveness and potential risks.
#vaping
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago
Public health

Taoiseach slates vapes as the 'revenge of big tobacco' amid calls for UK-style ban

Government may consider banning vaping in cars carrying children amid growing health concerns and a €200m domestic vape market sold through almost 3,500 outlets.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago
Public health

Confirmation Pledge taken by young teens updated to include explicit references to vaping and cigarettes

The Church updated the Confirmation Pledge to include abstaining from smoking and vaping until 18 and calls for honest engagement on addiction and its social drivers.
Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Vaping likely to cause lung and oral cancer, Australian researchers find in new review of evidence

Vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, prompting calls for immediate regulatory action.
Media industry
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

More than 6m vapes and pods binned each week despite disposable use ban

Vapes are improperly disposed of in the UK, causing recycling issues and fire hazards despite a ban on disposable e-cigarettes.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

More than 6m vapes and pods discarded weekly in UK despite single-use ban, study finds

Over 6 million vapes are discarded weekly in the UK, straining recycling systems despite a ban on disposable e-cigarettes.
#cannabis
Cannabis
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

New York's 600th licensed cannabis store opens on Upper West Side amid hopes for budding industry, fewer regulatory hiccups | amNewYork

Pure Blossoms Cannabis is New York's 600th licensed dispensary, symbolizing community and creativity in the cannabis culture after five years of legalization.
Cannabis
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Is New York's cannabis business really flying high?

New York's cannabis market faces challenges from a thriving grey market and complicated legal status, impacting legitimate businesses and public perception.
Cannabis
fromwww.amny.com
5 days ago

New York's 600th licensed cannabis store opens on Upper West Side amid hopes for budding industry, fewer regulatory hiccups | amNewYork

Pure Blossoms Cannabis is New York's 600th licensed dispensary, symbolizing community and creativity in the cannabis culture after five years of legalization.
Cannabis
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Is New York's cannabis business really flying high?

New York's cannabis market faces challenges from a thriving grey market and complicated legal status, impacting legitimate businesses and public perception.
fromwww.thelocal.com
6 days ago

A ban on being Swedish? Minister rails against France's new snus ban

Anna, a 47-year-old Swede living on the French Riviera, expressed her fear, saying, 'I'm trembling. I'm so afraid I'll start smoking again. It feels terrible.'
France news
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago

Californian chocolate recalled for being spiked with Viagra ingredients

The FDA announced that the products contained undeclared prescription drug ingredients used to treat erectile dysfunction, specifically sildenafil and tadalafil, which could cause a 'life-threatening' drop in blood pressure when mixed with nitrates.
Alternative medicine
Public health
from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Altria's Best Growth Opportunity Is Running Into Bureaucratic Foot Dragging

Nicotine pouches are rapidly growing in the U.S. market, while Altria faces declining cigarette sales and regulatory challenges.
Digital life
fromFortune
1 week ago

A court just ruled that tech addiction is real-and dangerous. It could be Meta and YouTube's Big Tobacco moment | Fortune

A jury ruled that Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube's design contributed to a woman's mental health issues, awarding her $3 million in damages.
fromThe Conversation
1 week ago

This medicinal cannabis website bends the rules. Take our quiz to see why

The law is clear. Advertising prescription medicines directly to consumers in Australia is prohibited - including on football jerseys, websites, social media, and on posters or banners.
Medicine
UK politics
fromReadWrite
1 week ago

Australia gambling reform delay sparks youth harm fears

Public health advocates demand urgent government action on gambling reform to protect young Australians from harm and advertising exposure.
Poker
fromReadWrite
6 days ago

New York's Hochul proposes stricter youth online gambling rules

New York plans to enhance online gambling oversight to protect youth and prevent addiction.
fromTasting Table
6 days ago

Forget Celsius: This Aldi Energy Drink Packs A Punch At A Fraction Of The Price - Tasting Table

Aldi's Summit series has been causing waves online since its release. One user compared the taste of the Berry Waves to a blue Jolly Rancher and called it 'really, really tasty.' Some drinks have kind of a nasty aftertaste, but this one tastes really good.
Silicon Valley food
fromTruthout
6 days ago

The EPA Is Routinely Failing to Require Warnings on Cancer-Linked Pesticides

The EPA has put cancer warnings on only 1.4% of pesticide labels for products that contain an active ingredient that the agency itself has designated 'probable' or 'likely' to cause cancer.
SF food
#kratom
Alternative medicine
fromScary Mommy
6 days ago

Calls About Kratom To Poison Control Have Spiked 1,200% In The Past Decade

Kratom exposure reports have increased by 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising concerns about its addictive nature and health risks.
Alternative medicine
fromScary Mommy
6 days ago

Calls About Kratom To Poison Control Have Spiked 1,200% In The Past Decade

Kratom exposure reports have increased by 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising concerns about its addictive nature and health risks.
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Op-Ed | Why the OneTaste case should concern every American | amNewYork

The narrative that led to their prosecution in the Eastern District of New York on forced labor charges began somewhere else entirely, a highly questionable Netflix documentary, whose editors were more interested in sensationalization than accuracy.
Law
#social-media
Social media marketing
fromLAmag
1 week ago

Meta, Google Face Big Tobacco Moment After Trial Loss

Social media companies face existential threats similar to Big Tobacco due to negligence in addressing addiction and mental health impacts on youth.
Social media marketing
fromLAmag
1 week ago

Meta, Google Face Big Tobacco Moment After Trial Loss

Social media companies face existential threats similar to Big Tobacco due to negligence in addressing addiction and mental health impacts on youth.
Public health
fromwww.nytimes.com
6 days ago

Video: Uncovering the World's Newest and Deadliest Drugs

Synthetic drugs, particularly novel psychoactive substances, are driving the surge in overdose deaths in the United States.
Public health
fromMail Online
6 days ago

Health warning issued for thousands as toxins flood multiple US states

Over half a million Americans are advised to stay indoors due to hazardous air quality caused by toxic fine particulate matter.
Health
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Why is smoking so addictive and what are the best ways to give up?

Cigarettes are extremely addictive because nicotine rapidly triggers dopamine release in the brain within 10-20 seconds, creating immediate pleasure that reinforces addiction despite well-known health risks.
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

New York-based cannabis brand Veterans Choice Creations focuses on easing pain and accessibility | amNewYork

Jason Ambrosino, the CEO and Founder of Veterans Choice Creations, shared his experience of being prescribed numerous medications for severe pain, stating, 'They had me on a lot of different medications, a lot of gabapentin and the typical combination that the military sees. It turned me into a zombie, I couldn't handle it.' His struggle with medication led him to seek alternatives.
Cannabis
UK news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

UK to introduce 2.20 flat-rate Vaping Products Duty from October 2026 - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

The UK will introduce a Vaping Products Duty of £2.20 per 10ml of nicotine vape liquid from October 2026, projected to raise £2.4 billion annually while maintaining smoking cessation incentives.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Generational smoking ban for UK edges closer to reality

Parliament approved the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to create a smoke-free generation by preventing anyone born after January 1, 2009 from legally purchasing tobacco or vaping products.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Sucker

I am not, by temperament, a gambling man. As a suburban dad with four kids, a mortgage, and a minivan, I'm more likely to be found wrestling a toddler into a car seat than scouring moneylines or consulting betting touts. And as a practicing Mormon, I am prohibited from indulging in games of chance.
Poker
California
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Newsom blames kratom for 27 deaths as California seizes millions in products

California's government seized over 3,300 kratom and 7-OH products worth $5 million, declaring them illegal due to links with addiction, overdose, and 242 deaths between 2020 and 2022.
Public health
fromReadWrite
3 weeks ago

Digital gambling surge raises financial risk concerns

US gambling has transformed from a discrete, cash-based activity into a normalized, digitally embedded financial behavior integrated into everyday digital systems, creating growing financial and public health risks.
Video games
fromEngadget
1 month ago

NY AG: Valve's loot boxes can get kids hooked on gambling

New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Valve for operating illegal gambling through loot boxes in games popular with children and teens, citing billions in revenue from the practice.
#social-media-litigation
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Mental health

Meta and YouTube are now facing a legal reckoning that harkens back to cases against big tobacco

Law
fromKFI AM 640
1 month ago

Gary & Shannon: "Social Media Is The New Big Tobacco" | KFI AM 640

Landmark trials against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snap allege these platforms deliberately designed addictive features that harmed children's mental health, with approximately 1,600 plaintiffs participating in coordinated legal proceedings.
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Mental health

Meta and YouTube are now facing a legal reckoning that harkens back to cases against big tobacco

Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How Vaping Is Different Among Young Adults and Teens

Nicotine exposure before age 25 permanently disrupts brain development, and vape products continue being aggressively marketed to young people despite regulations and health risks.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

High Times, Flying Once More

Last year, he and a partner, Matt Stang, purchased High Times, a fifty-plus-year-old cannabis culture brand that had fallen into receivership, for three and a half million dollars. They are in the process of reviving the High Times print magazine, which once published Charles Bukowski and William S. Burroughs, as a quarterly. The relaunch issue, featuring the rapper Rick Ross on the cover, is out this month.
Cannabis
Science
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Vaping vs. Smoking

Popular disposable e-cigarette pods leach multiple toxic metals at levels exceeding cancer and non-cancer risk thresholds, posing heightened health risks, especially for youth.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When Legalization Meets Reality

In early February, Canadian researchers reported that rates of severe mental illness among young people have risen alongside increased access to high-potency cannabis (Callaghan, et al., 2022). Around the same time, a new book, A Killing in Cannabis (Kohn, 2024), revisited a 2019 California murder and highlighted how violence tied to the marijuana trade has persisted even after legalization. On February 9, 2024, an opinion piece from the New York Times editorial board
Mental health
#thc-beverages
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

European girls aged 13-15 have world's highest rate of tobacco use for age group

European girls aged 13 to 15 now have the highest tobacco use rates among their age group anywhere in the world. That is not an accident, it's the result of deliberate industry strategy targeting young people with flavoured products and sophisticated social media marketing.
Public health
US politics
fromCard Player
2 months ago

New Jersey Court Will Rehear Casino Smoking Ban Case - Poker News

A state appeals court ordered a rehearing of a lawsuit challenging New Jersey casinos' exemption to the indoor smoking ban, citing legal and evidentiary errors.
US news
fromReadWrite
2 months ago

New Jersey casino smoking ban case reheard

Casino workers have another opportunity to challenge the exemption allowing smoking in New Jersey casinos after an appellate court remanded the case to trial court.
Brooklyn
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Online brand Hemper elevates cannabis experience with specialty bongs and smoking accessories amNewYork

Hemper provides premium cannabis smoking accessories and curated subscription-style products, evolving from celebrity boxes to proprietary, culture-focused product curation and specialty bongs.
Wellness
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

How Cannabis is Shaping Wellness Trends in 2026

Cannabis has become a mainstream, science-backed cornerstone of personalized wellness, offering therapeutic benefits integrated into products, practices, and holistic health routines.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food study

Ultra-processed foods are engineered to encourage addiction and consumption and require regulation comparable to that applied to cigarettes.
fromTasting Table
2 months ago

The US State With Booze Rules So Strict, Even Your Pour Is Monitored - Tasting Table

Generally, the pour of liquor in your glass is up to the discretion and recipe of the mixologist. In Utah, however, bartenders are required to use a special calibrated device to ensure that a pour of liquor comes out at exactly 1.5 ounces. They are quite serious about this, mandating that all bottles use these devices, and that the devices themselves have a margin of error of less than one sixteenth of an ounce for a one-ounce pour - or about a third of a teaspoon.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I started smoking when I was a teen and quit 20 times. I still love the occasional cigarette.

The day I turned 16, I picked up two things - my driver's license and a $1.98 pack of Kool 100 Milds from a gas station I knew would sell to me. It was 1995, and I still remember the freedom and rebellion alive in my heart while my hair blew in the wind. From the window of her mom's LeBaron convertible, my friend and I flicked our cigarettes and seemingly our adolescent troubles with them.
Public health
Public health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Is Vaping a Harmless Way to Stop Smoking?

Nicotine vaping increases quit rates versus other NRT but poses health risks and unknown long-term effects that must be balanced against smoking cessation benefits.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Weed Companies Are Cashing In on Dry January

Many Americans enthusiastically partake in Dry January, but it is rarely pitched as fun. After the holiday stretch of office parties and family gatherings, Americans have come to use the start of every year to abstain from alcohol in the name of health and auspicious beginnings. It's a time of discipline, of cleansing, of embodying your mood board, even if it makes you a drag at parties. And it is also, as weed companies have learned, a marketing opportunity.
Cannabis
Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How to Talk About Vaping Risk with Teens

Teen vaping is widespread, often leads to nicotine addiction, and effective parent conversations should build trust rather than rely on fear.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Everyone Should Have One Vice That Doesn't Kill Them. But if These People Don't Shut Up About Theirs, I Might Turn Homicidal.

This is part of Wet February, a series about America's increasingly muddled relationship with drinking-and how to sip your way through it wisely and well. Alcohol is my only vice, and boy, it does not feel good to have my vice validated by the new food pyramid, which also suggests that steak is the foundation of a healthy diet. But I can't deny that a happy hour martini makes me feel as if I sparkle,
Cannabis
Public health
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Vaping to be banned in cars carrying children in new government crackdown

The government proposes banning vaping and smoking in vehicles carrying children, playgrounds, and outside schools while allowing vaping in hospitals to support quitting.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Zyn is seeking FDA approval to say it's less harmful than cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration is holding a public meeting Thursday to consider whether Philip Morris International can advertise its pouches as a less-harmful alternative for adults who currently smoke cigarettes. Government documents posted before the meeting suggest FDA regulators are leaning toward approving the company's request. But the meeting will give an outside panel of health experts a chance to weigh in and ask questions of both the company and the agency.
Public health
Public health
fromKqed
2 months ago

San Francisco Nets Nearly $4 Million From Zyn Sellers in Crusade Against Flavored Tobacco | KQED

San Francisco won nearly $4 million in settlements forcing online sellers to block city addresses and stop selling flavored nicotine pouches.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Vaping in cars with children could be banned under new plans

"Second-hand smoke increases the risk of heart disease and lung cancer and we want to protect children and the sick from harm," he said. "Prevention is better than cure, so this government is taking pressure off the NHS and building a healthier Britain where everyone lives well for longer."
Public health
Public health
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

London's illegal vape hotspots: Interactive map reveals millions of devices seized worth tens of millions of pounds

London councils seized 2,480,789 illegal vapes (estimated £22.4m) from 2020–2025, while enforcement beyond confiscation remains largely limited.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Smoke-free law could see use drop below 5% in young people

A law banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born after 2009 could see smoking in young people drop below 5 per cent decades earlier than expected. The government plans to introduce the smoke-free generation" law as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which would progressively raise the age of sale so that anyone born in 2009 or later can never legally be sold tobacco, starting from 2027.
Public health
Public health
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Horrendous Things Happen When You Quit Zyn Cold Turkey

Nicotine pouches like Zyn deliver high nicotine absorption, are rapidly addictive, cause severe withdrawal symptoms, and have surged in youth use after a major tobacco acquisition.
Public health
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Workplace Smoking Rules and Productivity: Why Businesses Are Seeing a Shift to Nicotine Pouches

Workplace break rules now balance productivity, fairness, and external property and client constraints, prompting micro-breaks and smoke-free nicotine options to fit tighter schedules.
Public health
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Time to Acknowledge Reality': The New York Times Warns America Has a Marijuana Problem'

Widespread marijuana legalization has increased frequent use, addiction, health harms, and public-safety problems requiring stricter regulation rather than full recriminalization.
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