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How African-American leaders are taking on menthol

African-American organizations, public health groups and other tobacco control advocates are stepping up efforts to restrict the sale of menthol cigarettes.<

California moves to head of the class in tobacco control

California moves to the head of the tobacco control class with five new laws that include raising the minimum age of sale for tobacco to 21.

Boston raises tobacco-buying age to 21

By raising the legal age of sale for tobacco to 21, Boston lawmakers have found an apt way to close out a year when teen cigarette use again reached historic

Council bans smokeless tobacco at stadiums, raises smoking age

Chicago is adding to a strong base of tobacco control laws that will prevent youth tobacco use.

Two years after the ban: How CVS continues to take on tobacco

When CVS announced its plans to ban cigarette sales in 2014, the media took note.

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.

THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY AND THE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT

Tobacco companies rely on the retail environment to reach both current and future customers by advertising their products and normalizing the presence of tobacco products in everyday life. The tobacco industry spends nearly $1 million per hour on marketing tobacco products in the retail environment, and it works - when discounts and promotions are advertised in stores, tobacco product sales go up by as much as 30%.

Learn more about the tobacco retail environment in the sections below or read the full report.

Ertharin Cousin

Ambassador Ertharin Cousin is the founder and CEO of Food Systems for the Future Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming food systems t

Amanda L. Graham

As Chief Health Officer, Dr. Graham leads the tobacco cessation efforts of Truth Initiative with a focus on improving the health of the nation.