anti-tobacco
adjective
an·ti-to·bac·co
ˌan-tē-tə-ˈba-(ˌ)kō 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antitobacco
: opposed to, discouraging, or restricting the use of tobacco : anti-smoking
anti-tobacco legislation
anti-tobacco activists
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The cuts included the center’s director and the head of its office of science, and entirely eliminated its office of regulation, according to a letter signed by anti-tobacco advocacy groups in May.
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
As smoking becomes cool again, will decades of anti-tobacco activism be undone?
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Politicians, parents and anti-tobacco groups want the FDA to do more to stamp out unauthorized vaping products that can appeal to teens, many of which are imported from China.
—Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
The rule was released online Wednesday, but that only begins a bureaucratic journey that anti-tobacco advocates worry an incoming Trump administration may derail.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
But that county has some of the toughest anti-tobacco measures in the country.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Just a few short years later, after being squeezed by government regulators and prohibition-minded anti-tobacco advocates, Juul’s valuation plummeted and its market share vaporized.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 27 June 2024
What the bill would do: AB 2513, from Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz), would borrow from the anti-tobacco playbook, requiring that gas stoves come with a health warning label, NPR’s Jeff Brady reports.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Experts believe that China’s anti-tobacco policies are among the least effective in the world.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
As smoking becomes cool again, will decades of anti-tobacco activism be undone?
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Politicians, parents and anti-tobacco groups want the FDA to do more to stamp out unauthorized vaping products that can appeal to teens, many of which are imported from China.
—Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
The rule was released online Wednesday, but that only begins a bureaucratic journey that anti-tobacco advocates worry an incoming Trump administration may derail.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
But that county has some of the toughest anti-tobacco measures in the country.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Just a few short years later, after being squeezed by government regulators and prohibition-minded anti-tobacco advocates, Juul’s valuation plummeted and its market share vaporized.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 27 June 2024
What the bill would do: AB 2513, from Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz), would borrow from the anti-tobacco playbook, requiring that gas stoves come with a health warning label, NPR’s Jeff Brady reports.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Experts believe that China’s anti-tobacco policies are among the least effective in the world.
—Yanzhong Huang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2011
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