anti-tobacco

adjective

an·​ti-to·​bac·​co ˌan-tē-tə-ˈba-(ˌ)kō How to pronounce anti-tobacco (audio)
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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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 Parent groups and anti-tobacco advocates immediately criticized the decision, which comes after years of pushing regulators to keep menthol and other flavors that can appeal to teens off the market. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Well, 21 June 2024 Politicians and anti-tobacco advocates have accused the company of using these flavors -- along with a sleek design resembling a USB flash drive -- to market vaping to U.S. children and teenagers. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 June 2024 Sunak’s legislation was inspired by New Zealand, which last year passed the toughest anti-tobacco laws in the world, intended to ban sales to those born after Jan. 1, 2009, as well as cut nicotine content and slash the number of tobacco retailers. William Booth, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024 Topline New Zealand’s government will reverse one of the world’s toughest anti-tobacco laws Tuesday that would have banned the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to residents born in 2009 onwards, drawing condemnation from public health experts and anti-tobacco campaigners. Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-tobacco was in 1826

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“Anti-tobacco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-tobacco. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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