Public hospitals in Paris will now offer money as an incentive for pregnant women to stop smoking. The program offers pregnant women up to €300 (roughly $350), and is part of a broader initiative designed to reducing the smoking rate among pregnant women in the country.
The state of California has increased the legal age in purchasing and using tobacco products. This law is considered a big move in slowing the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco products.
Hollywood studios have collaborated to defend their freedom on having scenes showing tobacco-related imagery on future films. The defendants are facing a lawsuit filed that pertains to having tobacco scenes in films as linked to children being addicted to tobacco.