Louisiana youth tobacco use declines amid prevention efforts
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 9 Oct, 01:19 · Archive
Fewer young people in Louisiana are using tobacco products, according to an FDA survey that found a decline from 2024 to 2025. Among young people who use tobacco, nicotine pouches are more popular than cigarettes, the survey found.
Thomas Carr, healthy living coordinator for the Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana, said young people can influence one another's choices. 'If our youth are educated and our youth ambassadors are leaders, they can educate their peers. And young people are more prone to listening to their peers more so than the adults,' Carr said.
Philip Morris International Chief Underage Prevention Officer J.B. Simko said the company works with retailers to help prevent underage sales through age-gating websites, directing marketing to adults 21 and older, and using models older than 35. 'We also focus on supporting retailers because they need to know and understand and have tools to be checking IDs, spotting fake IDs,' Simko said. Simko also urged parents to monitor their children's activities and said he supports Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill's anti-vaping project, which works with college athletes to educate students.
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- Louisiana youth tobacco use declines as prevention efforts continueLouisiana health advocates and Philip Morris International officials say education, parent involvement and checking IDs can help prevent young people from using nicotine products.KNOE · 8 Oct, 23:57
- Louisiana youth tobacco use declines as prevention efforts continueLouisiana health advocates and Philip Morris International officials say education, parent involvement and checking IDs can help prevent young people from using nicotine products.WAFB · 8 Oct, 23:57
In this story: Louisiana · Philip Morris International · Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana · Thomas Carr · J.B. Simko · Liz Murrill
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