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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 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.

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.

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.

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

Who We Are

Truth Initiative is the nation’s largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all. Our field-leading approach to behavior change and policy change creates transformative impact through national campaigns, proven-effective quitting programs, and in-school curriculums that help prevent and break the cycle of nicotine addiction at the individual level, and rigorous research and policy leadership that helps advance impactful policies at the population level.

What We Do

To achieve a future free from nicotine addiction, we focus on behavior change and policy change that prevents addiction, supports quitting, expands cessation access, and addresses systemic inequities.

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.

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%.

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.

Our mission

At Truth Initiative, we are committed to a future free from lifelong addiction, fostering healthier lives and a more resilient nation. Our mission is clear: prevent youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empower quitting for all.

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.

POLICY LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Truth Initiative leads policy initiatives and supports young leaders to advocate for healthier communities. We inspire, educate, and mobilize young leaders, coalitions, and organizations to act nationally and in their communities to prevent youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empower quitting for all.