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Philip Morris announcement to spend nearly $1 billion to end smoking sounds like fake news

The tobacco industry creating a foundation to end smoking is an affront to public health...

10.02.2017
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Leading health groups demand film industry give R rating to movies that depict smoking

A coalition of health organizations has demanded that movie producers and distributors apply an R...

08.29.2017
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truth asks if it is just business or is it exploitation

A new campaign from truth® exposes the tobacco industry’s exploitation of individuals with mental health...

08.24.2017
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truth and Kevin Lyons partner with Cotopaxi to inspire tobacco-free lives

truth will join Cotopaxi for 25 of their Questival adventure races. They will launch a...

08.11.2017
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FDA nicotine reduction plan announced today has promise, but timeline puts young lives at risk

We applaud the FDA for moving forward with a comprehensive policy toward nicotine but the...

07.28.2017
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Leading health organizations seek to intervene in defense of FDA rule on e-cigarettes, cigars

Six leading public health organizations today asked federal courts to allow them to intervene in...

07.24.2017
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Tobacco use on the big & small screens is a public health concern

A new report released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) analyzing smoking...

07.06.2017
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truth takes on tobacco during the 2017 Vans Warped Tour

truth, the longest running national youth tobacco prevention campaign, and its crew of tour riders...

06.30.2017
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New survey shows smoking among teens at historic lows and dramatic declines in vaping

The National Youth Tobacco Survey results show that we are well on our way to...

06.15.2017
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New leadership announced for the Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research And Policy Studies

truth Initiative®, America’s largest non-profit public health organization dedicated to making tobacco use a thing...

06.13.2017
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The President’s FY18 budget could reverse years of progress in tobacco control

The president’s proposed fiscal year 2018 federal budget includes cuts to programs at the Centers...

05.25.2017
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51 health groups urge administration to defend and enforce FDA rule for e-cigarettes, cigars

Fifty-one leading health groups today urged the current administration to defend and fully implement the...

05.17.2017