Title: Tobacco Laws for Minors May Cut Adult Smoking as WellCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/17/2013 2:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 6/18/2013 12:00:00 AM

(MedPage Today) -- Exposure to tobacco advertising predicted smoking adoption and continuance among German adolescents, researchers found.

By Jim Dryden - States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking may consider implementing stringent tobacco restrictions on teens, suggests a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Britain will start regulating electronic cigarettes and other products containing nicotine as medicines, according to the country’s top regulator. In a statement on Wednesday, the Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency said it would treat e-cigarettes as medicines “so that people using these products have the confidence they are safe, are of the right quality and work.” E-cigarettes are battery-operated products ...

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