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New Report: As Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic Worsens, States Continue to Shortchange Prevention Programs That Could Help
New report challenges states to do more to fight tobacco use – still the nation’s...
As Teen Smoking Rate Hits Historic Low, Youth Tobacco Use Hits Record High Derailing Years of Progress and Putting a New Generation at Risk
The youth smoking rate has fallen to just 3.7%, but e-cigarettes have put millions of...
Health and Parent Groups Urge Trump Administration to Stand Strong and Implement Plan to Clear the Market of All Flavored E-Cigarettes – Kids’ Health Must Not Be Compromised
We reiterate our strong and united support for the Administration’s plan, announced in September, to...
Truth Initiative® Awards First-Ever truth IMPACT Scholarships for Speaking Out About the Youth Vaping Epidemic
Truth Initiative announced today that Ally Harrison of Baytown, Texas and Carlos Magdaleno of Santa...
Television, Print and Social Ad Campaign Calls on President Trump to Put Kids’ Lives Above Tobacco Industry Profits
Public health advocates urge administration to issue guidance prohibiting all flavored e-cigarettes.
Trump Administration Should Not Exempt Vape Shops or Any Flavors from Its Plan to Clear the Market of All Flavored E-Cigarettes
The Trump Administration may be backing away from its plan to clear the market of...
Trump Administration Must Put Kids Before Juul and Take Mint/Menthol E-Cigarettes Off the Market
A failure to remove mint and menthol e-cigarettes from the market would be a capitulation...
Why JUUL’s decision to pull ‘all’ flavors deserves no praise
JUUL has stopped selling fruity and dessert-flavored pods, but mint and menthol — among the...
Youth Across America Rally Over Vaping Epidemic for truth® National Day of Action
Youth activists are taking the #DITCHJUUL rally cry to their campuses and communities across the...
56 Health and Other Organizations Back Trump Administration Plan to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market
56 public health, medical, parent, educational and other organizations expressed strong support for the Administration’s...
As Youth E-Cigarette Use Soars Along with Vaping-related Illnesses, Urgent Action Must be Taken to Protect the Health of America’s Youth
Regulating e-cigarettes and banning all flavored tobacco products are critical to ending the youth epidemic.
Leading Health Groups Back Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s Emergency Action to Address the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has addressed the growing epidemic of youth e-cigarette use by suspending...
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