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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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    Donate to Truth Initiative

    Join us and support our mission to achieve a culture in which young people reject smoking, vaping and nicotine.

  2. 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.

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    Annual Report Report

    2020 Annual Report

    We are pleased to share the significant progress we made in 2020, detailed in this report: Creating a future free from smoking, vaping, and nicotine.

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    Annual Report Report

    2019 Annual Report

    We are pleased to share the significant progress we made in 2019, detailed in this report: Inspiring a new generation with the truth about smoking, vaping an

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    The power of truth

    For 25 years, truth® has been delivering the facts about smoking, vaping, and nicotine addiction to empower young people to make informed choices and influence their peers and communities to do the same.

  6. Our Team

    Elizabeth C. Hair

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  7. Our Team

    Lisa A. Watkins

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

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    Mary Dominguez

    Mary Dominguez serves as Vice President, Partnerships in Marketing, where she has worked on the truth brand since 2005.

  9. Our Team

    Alex Parks

    Alexandra Parks is responsible for strategic leadership in developing and managing partnerships with an array of stakeholders, including nonprofit organ

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    Megan Jacobs

    As the Senior Vice President of product for the Innovations center at Truth Initiative, Jacobs brings an empathic, user-centered approach to product design t