Background Standardised (or ‘plain’) packaging has reduced the appeal of smoking by removing imagery that smokers use to affiliate themselves with the brand they smoke. We examined whether changing ...

MediaNama’s event on ‘Health Disclaimers and Streaming Services’ sparked a conversation on whether displaying tobacco warning ads on ... are putting across that message should be more ...

This inquiry marks the second phase of a broader strategy to mandate quit information messages inside tobacco packaging. In this phase, the department intends to expand legislation on pack inserts ...

Oregon lawmakers violated the state constitution’s free speech protections when they prohibited e-cigarette makers from marketing their products with colorful packaging that could lure minors to ...

Cigarette smoking and other tobacco use by American teenagers has reached its lowest point in 25 years, according to the 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey. In a joint statement, the U.S. Food and ...

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International has sent comments to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) urging it not to mandate static anti-tobacco warnings for streaming services.

Methods In 2020, US young adult (18–30 years, n=1328) cigarette smokers and non-smokers viewed an IQOS ad in a 4 (modified risk claim variations or none) by 3 (warning variations or none) ...

Teen tobacco use has long been linked to lifelong dependency, with 9 out of 10 cigarette users claiming they picked up their first cigarette before the age of 18. The introduction of e-cigarettes has ...

Google’s spam protection feature uses ML to classify conversations The messaging platform will expand its dangerous links feature globally It introduces protection against texts from unknown ...

The latest round of new features for Google Messages is focused on safety, like “Sensitive Content Warnings” for images that contain nudity. Existing measures protect Android users from 2 ...

The federal government is testing graphic new warnings to wrap around cigarette packages, and the stark message is clear ... witness in a court case about packaging slogans.

It’s also adding a content warning to blur images that might contain nudity as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In February, Google already introduced Gemini into Messages and AI text ...