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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Just a year after the bill was passed, it was rolled back to help pay for tax cuts – infuriating public health officials and anti-tobacco groups.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
After walking through the results of the study and describing the peril that cancer poses, Mokdad suggested to the officials that Lebanon could improve its health screening, ban smoking in public spaces and launch a set of aggressive anti-tobacco ads.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
Local anti-tobacco groups have opposed the cigar lounge through petitions and billboards since conversations around it picked up in 2024.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Then came a risky option: spending $10 million, money that could fund clinics and staff salaries, on anti-tobacco ads.
—Tom Frieden, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
After walking through the results of the study and describing the peril that cancer poses, Mokdad suggested to the officials that Lebanon could improve its health screening, ban smoking in public spaces and launch a set of aggressive anti-tobacco ads.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
Local anti-tobacco groups have opposed the cigar lounge through petitions and billboards since conversations around it picked up in 2024.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Then came a risky option: spending $10 million, money that could fund clinics and staff salaries, on anti-tobacco ads.
—Tom Frieden, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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