Soon after the Olympics, the coveted cigarettes disappeared again from mass sales and became an attribute only for visiting diplomats and private citizens
But with IQOS returning to the US, starting with the devices going on sale in Austin, Texas in March 2025, Yolonda Richardson, president and chief executive of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, is concerned that more people will become users of multiple tobacco or nicotine products
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When cigarettes are littered, they end up in the ocean which negatively impacts the marine environment
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There are also many local jurisdictions across the country that have enacted policies prohibiting or restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, either as part of a more comprehensive policy restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products or as a separate ordinance focused on e-cigarette sales