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Tobacco industry allies launch outrageous attack on FDA efforts to protect kids, save lives
This attack is an orchestrated effort by the tobacco industry and its political allies to protect the industry’s profits at the expense of our nation’s child
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Community and Youth Engagement
Truth Initiative is building a network of activists. We inspire, educate, and mobilize young leaders, coalitions and organizations to act nationally and in their communities to create a future where commercial tobacco use and nicotine addiction are things of the past.
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Black D.C. neighborhoods have greater marketing for flavored tobacco products, including cigars
The targeted marketing of flavored tobacco products like flavored cigars presents another way tobacco is a social justice issue.
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Youth have easy access to e-cigarettes online through lax age verification and concealed deliveries
TikTok accounts promoting “discreet shipping” services that conceal e-cigarettes in cosmetics, candy, and beauty products attempt to circumvent age restricti
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Cigarettes are still a popular on-screen prop – and it’s fueling youth nicotine addiction
Cigarettes remain a popular prop even as peer-reviewed research finds that smoking images influence young people to start using tobacco products.
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Nearly one-third of all American high school students used e-cigarettes in 2019, new CDC data show
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention underscore the severity of the youth vaping epidemic.
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5 things FDA should do about JUUL e-cigarettes
Six public health and medical groups are calling on the agency to act to protect youth.
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What is JUUL?
JUUL, a new type of e-cigarette, has become so popular among young people that it has amassed nearly half of the e-cigarette market share.
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Tobacco imagery featured in more Oscar-nominated movies this year, including 70% of Best Picture nominees
Seven of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture at the 2023 Oscars and nearly two-thirds (64.1%) of all this year’s Oscar-nominated feature films contain to
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New study: 43% of underage e-cigarette users report getting their e-cigarettes from retail sources
Many underage young people are getting e-cigarettes from retailers like vape shops, gas stations, and convenience stores
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As streaming soars, these binge-worthy shows frequently depict tobacco
Watching shows in a compressed time may influence the amount and intensity of exposure.
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Across all 50 states, the same 5 disparities in cigarette smoking persist
Across the country, data show a consistent pattern of disparities in cigarette smoking, highlighting the relationship between tobacco use and various socioec
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