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In our fight to end youth and young adult nicotine addiction, we focus on the issues that matter most. We constantly monitor the latest topics and trends in commercial tobacco and substance use.

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At Truth Initiative, we are committed to a future free from lifelong addiction, fostering healthier lives and a more resilient nation. We are the nation’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all.

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By driving behavior and policy change, we prevent addiction, increase quitting, reduce nicotine dependence, and expand cessation support and access. All backed by rigorous research and evaluation.

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    Our mission

    At Truth Initiative, we are committed to a future free from lifelong addiction, fostering healthier lives and a more resilient nation. Our mission is clear: prevent youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empower quitting for all.

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    Research and evaluation

    Our best-in-class research is conducted through the Truth Initiative Schroeder Institute – a widely respected research center that produces independent research to provide the evidence for policy change and evaluate the programmatic work of the organization – and our Innovations Center, a leader in cessation research that develops, evaluates, and provides the expert insights behind our market-leading cessation program EX Program. 

  3. Our Team

    Elizabeth C. Hair

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    Jessica Miller Rath

    As a behavioral scientist, Dr. Jessica Rath leads the formative research and impact evaluation of the truth® campaign.

  5. Our Team

    Lisa A. Watkins

    Lisa Watkins brings three decades of nonprofit accounting experience to her work at Truth Initiative.

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    Nicole Dueffert

    Nicole Dueffert is Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations & Organizational Excellence at Truth Initiative, where she leads enterprise-wide efforts

  7. Our Team

    Robert Falk

    Throughout his career, Robert Falk’s legal expertise has helped advance important health care and social causes.

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    Our Team

    Sarah Shank

    A trusted partner across the organization, Sarah Shank has been with Truth Initiative since 2009, when she came onboard to support the consumer launch of Bec

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    Our Team

    Stacey Younger Gagosian

    Stacey Younger Gagosian has worked in politics and policy for nearly 3 decades.

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    Ted Feldman

    As a member of the legal team at Truth Initiative®, Ted Feldman plays a lead role negotiating relationships and transactions between the organization an

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    Tina M. Morgan

    Tina Morgan has been with Truth Initiative since 1999.

  12. Annual Report Report

    2021 Annual Report

    We are pleased to share the significant progress we made in 2021, detailed in this report: Creating a future free from smoking, vaping, and nicotine.