tobacco month Every June, Filipinos are being encouraged to stop smoking as the country observes the National No Smoking Month—which highlights the harmful effects of products January is Tobacco-Free Awareness Month,

Key strategies include: Community interventions Counter-marketing or media interventions Policy or environmental change interventions Surveillance and evaluation For more information, contact: Michaela Hoenig Tobacco Prevention and Control Coordinator 919-609-9479 Wake County Tobacco-Free Coalition The Wake County Tobacco-Free Coalition is a collaboration of Wake County Public Healths Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and local partners who are passionate about decreasing tobacco use and improving the health of the community

First and foremost, access to cessation services must be expanded to help people currently smoking and using nicotine to stop

Youngkin had changed his perspective on the issue by 2023, however, and signed new legislation into law, prohibiting tobacco surcharges in 2024 and 2025

doi: 10.3389/fsoil.2025.1698802 Received 04 September 2025 Revised 13 November 2025 Accepted 20 November 2025 Published 05 December 2025 Volume 5 - 2025 Edited by Sudip Sengupta, Swami Vivekananda University, India Reviewed by Chaosheng Luo, Yunnan Agricultural University, China Bipradeep Mondal, Central University of Jharkhand, India Animesh Ghosh Bag, Swami Vivekananda University, India Updates Copyright 2025 Yang, He, Li, Wang, Tong, Zhu, Xiao, Deng and Wang

6 / 26 Smoking delivers a one-two punch to the area around your mouth