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State & Local Governments Must Plan to End Tobacco Sales
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today may be the beginning of the end of combustible tobacco sales, as organizations from around the world call on governments to do just that. Many other products have been removed from store shelves for causing far less harm than tobacco. The tobacco industry has been given a free pass for far too long: consumer goods shouldn t kill consumers.
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced their intention to ban menthol in cigarettes. But the FDA is explicitly barred from banning the sale of all cigarettes. So, it s up to state and local governments to follow the lead of Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, CA and begin phasing out the sale of tobacco products.
Denise Herd is a Professor of Public Health at UC Berkeley. Herd’s scholarship centers on racialized disparities in health outcomes, spanning topics as varied as images of drugs and violence in rap music, drinking and drug use patterns, social movements, and the impact of corporate targeting and marketing on popular culture among African American youth. In addition to her extensive scholarship in public health, Herd has also served as associate dean at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health for seven years.
PhD – Medical Anthropology, UC San Francisco, 1985
MA – Anthropology, San Francisco State University, 1978
BA – Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1972