The following social media messaging may be used to advocate for banning flavored tobacco products:
- Big Tobacco targets kids and teens, especially youth who are Black, with appealing flavors like menthol to mask the harmful effects of tobacco use. Pediatricians support a ban on menthol cigarettes to protect young people from deadly addiction.
- I urge the FDA to take urgent, comprehensive action now to remove all flavored tobacco products from the market. All children depend on it.
- Big Tobacco puts children’s and teen’s health at risk. As a child health advocate, I support the banning of flavored products to help protect them from the harmful effects of tobacco use and addiction.
- The tobacco industry has used flavors to hook children and teens to their dangerous, addictive products. As an advocate for children’s health, I urge the FDA to take action to ban all flavored tobacco products from the market and protect children from addiction.
Last Updated
07/25/2022
Source
American Academy of Pediatrics