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Cigarette use has been declining for decades, while marijuana use has been on the rise, according to a new Gallup survey in the U.S.

The agency says the proposal has the potential to significantly decrease disease and death from tobacco by "reducing youth experimentation and addiction."

The Federal Trade Commission says sales in 2020 were up slightly, and analysts say the increase was due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the gain looks unlikely to represent a long-term trend.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris International is pivoting away from cigarettes. Part of its reinvention plan is to stop selling cigarettes in the United Kingdom in the next 10 years.

Menthol has been the last allowable flavor in cigarettes, and the FDA says marginalized communities are far more likely to use these products.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to ban menthol cigarettes.

The president of Reynolds American Inc. is stepping down. 

The national adult smoking rate has reached a historic low. But smoking cessation advocates say there is still more work to be done.

Production will soon end at the ITG cigarette manufacturing plant in Reidsville, and 110 jobs will be eliminated.