It was a combination of interventions deployed over decades: warning labels on packages (1965), a ban on broadcast advertising (1970), smoke-free workplace laws (spreading from Minnesota in 1975 to most of the country by now), growing awareness of the risks of secondhand smoke (1986), progressive tax increases (a 10 percent price hike reduces consumption about 4 percent), FDA regulatory authority (2009), and cessation programs from nicotine patches to the CDCs Tips From Former Smokers campaign
Lars-Erik Rutqvist, senior vice president of scientific affairs at smokeless tobacco maker Swedish Match, said the frustration lies in "the fact that it takes so long and there's no explanation why." "I think there's suspicion within industry that this is how it's going to be in the future and this is more or less a way of punishing the industry," Rutqvist said
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"Anti-tobacco educational media campaigns targeting these populations may help bring more awareness to the importance of quitting during pregnancy and remaining quit after delivery
