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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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    Featured partnerships

    Through our partnerships, we are creating a culture that empowers people to leave nicotine behind and embrace a healthier future. We partner with states, local communities, public health organizations, and powerful brands to engage young people, prevent nicotine addiction, and help people quit.

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    Our top issues

    In our fight to prevent youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empower quitting, we focus on the issues that matter most. To identify these priorities, we constantly monitor, investigate and analyze the latest topics and trends in commercial tobacco and substance use. These are our top issues.

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    Outsmart Nicotine: You Got This

    Quitting is hard, but with the right support, anyone can break free from nicotine addiction – and they don’t have to go it alone. That’s the message behind Outsmart Nicotine, a national campaign from Truth Initiative that empowers young people to break the cycle of nicotine addiction for good with an enhanced EX Program.

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    Our Impact

    At Truth Initiative, we create meaningful change at both the population and individual levels. With our research-driven approach to behavior change and policy change, we prevent addiction, increase quitting, reduce nicotine dependence, and expand cessation access. By addressing systemic challenges and empowering individuals, we achieve transformative public health impact.

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    YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT NICOTINE ADDICTION PREVENTION & EDUCATION

    Everyone deserves the chance to live free from nicotine addiction. Through our national public education campaigns and in-school prevention curriculums for middle and high school students, we are inspiring a movement to live free from nicotine addiction by empowering young people to quit or never start in the first place.

  6. 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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    Our Team

    Stacey Younger Gagosian

    Stacey Younger Gagosian has worked in politics and policy for nearly 3 decades.

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    Gary Tang

    Gary Tang is the Chief Financial and Investment Officer at Truth Initiative, where he provides strategic financial leadership and oversees all aspects of the

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    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.

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    Kendric Dartis

    Dr. Kendric Dartis is the Vice President, Social Impact & Partnerships at Truth Initiative, America's largest nonprofit public health orga

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    Kathy Crosby

    Kathy Crosby is the CEO and President of Truth Initiative, the nation’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to preventing youth