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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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Join us in preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all. Learn about how you can help create a future free from nicotine addiction through activism, scholarships, studies, and more. Let’s work together.

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    Nicole Dueffert

    Nicole Dueffert brings her own brand of “Minnesota nice” to 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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    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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    Resources to end nicotine addiction in your community

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    Get Involved

    Join us in preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all. Learn about how you can help create a future free from nicotine addiction and access free downloadable resources to use in your community. If you or someone you know is in need of quit support, free help is available by texting “EXPROGRAM” to 88709. Let’s work together.

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    Curriculums to address vaping, cannabis use, and prescription drug misuse

    Truth Initiative provides a national youth vaping prevention curriculum and a prescription drug safety curriculum, both made available to schools by EVERFI®, the leader in social impact education. Our free digital courses guide students through the dangers associated with vaping nicotine, cannabis use, and prescription drug misuse in an authentic peer-to-peer youth voice. 

    As of September 2025, 1.5 million students have engaged with the free digital vaping prevention curriculum, learning the facts about nicotine addiction and receiving proven resources to quit.

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    Annual Report Report

    2024 Annual Report

    We are pleased to share the significant progress we made in 2024, detailed in this report: Building a tobacco-free future where anyone can quit

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    Samuel Rose

    Samuel “Sam” Rose, a rising junior at Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina, brings his personal journey as a former e-cigarette user to his role a

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    Apply for the Truth Initiative Tobacco/Nicotine-Free College Program

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    Vivian Nartey

    As a Youth Liaison on the Truth Initiative Board of Directors, Vivian Nartey brings a fresh, informed perspective to nonprofit organizational leadership

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    Michael Felberbaum

    Michael Felberbaum joins Truth Initiative as Senior Vice President of Editorial Strategy and Media Affairs.