Advancing Plain and Standardized Tobacco Packaging

E-cigarette use is increasing globally, especially among youth.

Straw cigarettes are a common tobacco product from Brazil that features tobacco hand-rolled in a corn husk that resembles straw. The use of natural materials and the fact that they are rolled by hand have led some people to believe they are less harmful than cigarettes.

Evidence of the tobacco industry’s damaging effect on the planet is vast and growing, despite efforts to communicate otherwise through its highly visible and influential cigarette package designs.

Kevin Welding speaks about his presentation at the 2020 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting.