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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.

Tobacco industry uses flawed study to oppose flavored tobacco restrictions

Recent research finds that after flavored tobacco sales restrictions went into effect in 2018 in Oakland, California, high school youth vaping and smoking de

EX PROGRAM: QUIT SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Quitting nicotine isn't easy, but it can be done with the right support. EX® Program, developed over 15 years ago by Truth Initiative in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, brings individuals, employers, health plans, and public health organizations proven, evidence-based quitting approaches and the most established online quit community.  

EX Program has helped millions of people on their journeys to quit smoking, vaping, or any tobacco or nicotine product. Research has shown that using EX Program can increase odds of quitting by up to 40%.

Higher nicotine levels in fruit-, menthol-, and mint-flavored e-cigarettes is tied to greater nicotine dependence

Those who used the highest nicotine concentrations (5% or more) were nearly twice as likely to vape within half an hour of waking up.

Incoming FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf must stand up to the tobacco industry and protect youth from nicotine addiction

The FDA now has the strong, science-driven leadership needed to take a stand on the risks of commercial nicotine and dangers of youth vaping.

JUUL on YouTube

Researchers found more than 8,000 JUUL-related videos that received a total of 260 million views over the 3-year period from 2016 to 2018.

Smoking in Movies: 2020

Tobacco imagery in youth-rated movies still exists.

Youth vaping, smoking & nicotine use

Discipline Is Not the Answer: Better Approaches to On-campus Student Tobacco Use

As schools develop or revamp and modernize their smoke- or tobacco-free policies, we get many questions about what schools should do when students violate th

Action needed on e-cigarettes

Endorsing the important public health strategy of harm minimization, Truth Initiative supports a number of policies with regard to e-cigarettes.

What we know and don’t know about Puff Bar right now

As Puff Bar’s popularity grew, so did the many questions and concerns about the product and the company behind it.