Public Policy Resources

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) calls on Congress to support a sustained funding level of $310 million in Fiscal Year 2027 for fact based tobacco prevention and cessation programs and ensure the funding is used as Congress intended.

In March 2026, FDA released the “Flavored Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) Premarket Applications – Considerations Related to Youth Risk; Draft Guidance for Industry." Draft Guidance provides FDA's current thinking about the topic of the guidance. The undersigned public health, medical, civil righs and community organizations conclude that the Draft Guidance fails to recognize the well-established history of signficant variations in youth flavor preferences over time, often caused by regulatory decisions, and this fundamental flaw threatens to open the regulatory door to a wide array of FDA-authorized products that would appeal and be accessible to youth, without signficant countervailing health benefits to adults who smoke.

On April 15, 2026, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and the Truth Initiative sent a letter to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, in support of efforts to fully restore staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The letter uplifts that reinstating capacity at the Office of Smoking and Health (OSH) at CDC is essential to ensuring congressionally appropriated funds are used effectively and that states, Tribal organizations, and territories receive uninterrupted funding, as well as technical assistance, and data-driven guidance. The letter underscores that without a fully staffed OSH, evidence-based programs that prevent youth initiation, help people quit, and reduce tobacco-related disease and costs nationwide are at serious risk. 

American Academy of Pediatrics, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
oppose orders authorizing this claim because Swedish Match has failed to meet the statutory standard for the following reasons:
1. FDA’s past authorizations of a similar claim for General Snus should not determine whether the pending applications for ZYN nicotine pouches are granted because the
Tobacco Control Act requires product-specific analyses.
2. Significant differences between ZYN and General Snus – in use rates, relevant toxicology, flavors, and marketing – clearly warrant different consideration.
3. The applicant’s reliance on the “Swedish experience” is misleading and of limited relevance.
4. The applicant did not submit sufficient data on consumer perception or behavior change related to the proposed modified risk claim and this specific product.

We are writing with regard to the Walt Disney Company’s partnership with Formula 1 that is increasing the visibility of the sport with your brand’s enormous youth audience. As organizations committed to protecting the health of our children, we are deeply concerned that tobacco companies are also partnering with Formula 1 teams to reach this youth audience with marketing for their harmful and addictive products.

We are writing with regard to Mattel’s partnership with Formula 1 that is increasing the visibility of the sport with the Hot Wheels brand’s enormous youth audience. As organizations committed to protecting the health of our children, we are deeply concerned that tobacco companies are also partnering with Formula 1 teams to reach this youth audience with marketing for their harmful and addictive products.

We are writing with regard to the LEGO Group’s partnership with Formula 1 that is increasing the visibility of the sport with your brand’s enormous youth audience. As organizations committed to protecting the health of our children, we are deeply concerned that tobacco companies are also partnering with Formula 1 teams to reach this youth audience with marketing for their harmful and addictive products. 

As organizations committed to protecting the health of our children, we write to express our  disappointment at the news of expanded partnerships between Formula 1 teams and tobacco companies. Formula 1 ended cigarette sponsorships in 2006, which was the right thing to do. Now we ask Formula 1 to do the same with other tobacco products, including nicotine pouches. 

All tobacco products, including heated tobacco products, are unsafe. Heated tobacco products (HTPs) should be fully included in tobacco control laws to reduce tobacco use and protect the public from exposure to secondhand smoke.