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Smoke screens: Is tobacco use in youth-rated movies still a problem?
Tobacco use on screen is a public health concern because exposure to smoking imagery in movies can cause young people to start smoking.
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Study reveals major victory on teen smoking but a ticking time bomb as youth vaping numbers explode
The teen smoking rate has fallen to an all-time low of 4.6%, but an astounding 19.2% of youth now use-cigarettes — an increase of 60% over 2017
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Smoking and mental illness: Meet the doctor helping patients quit
Hear from Dr. Steven Schroeder about why smoking among those with mental illness is a social justice issue that needs attention.
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Colleges unveil campus art to promote smoke- and tobacco-free policies
Participants in the truth x arts college mural contest created campus artwork to celebrate their school going smoke- or tobacco-free.
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10 steps to successfully make a plan to quit smoking
Get a jump start on making your New Year’s resolution to quit smoking a successful one. Follow these 10 steps to making a quit plan.
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Head Start updates will help protect children from tobacco smoke
Updated standards include a requirement that Head Start programs offer parents opportunities to learn about the health risks associated with secondhand smoke
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A growing problem: Examining a decade of menthol smoking rates
In 2014, youth and young adult smokers were more likely to smoke menthol cigarettes, which are easier to smoke and harder to quit than non-menthol cigarettes
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em and if you're 21
The evidence shows raising the minimum age of sale of tobacco products to 21 will prevent uptake of smoking by young people.
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Where are people still breathing the most secondhand smoke?
To find out who faces the most exposure and where, a Truth Initiative® researcher joined collaborators to measure secondhand smoke exposure
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After-school smoke? The problem with tobacco retailers near schools
More than three-quarters of public schools are within a 10-minute walk of at least one outlet selling tobacco.
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What the Oscars tell us about smoking in the movies in 2017
Of the 2017 Oscar-nominated feature films that were rated PG-13 (excluding animation and documentary categories), 70 percent depicted tobacco use.
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New report shows that e-cigarettes can both harm and help the smoking epidemic
A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report outlines the evidence-based consensus on the health consequences of e-cigarettes.
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