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  1. News Article News Article Research & Resources

    Action needed: Tobacco in pop culture

    Despite a 1998 law prohibiting paid tobacco product placements in movies and TV programming, tobacco imagery is still seen on screens everywhere, including m

  2. Report Report Research & Resources

    While you were streaming

    New research from Truth Initiative reveals that 79 percent of the shows most popular with young people depict smoking prominently.

  3. Report Report Research & Resources

    Nicotine on demand

    Tobacco remains rampant in the year’s most popular shows, movies, and music videos, fueling the ongoing youth e-cigarette epidemic.

  4. New Report Details Alarming Surge in Tobacco Imagery in On-Screen Entertainment Most Popular Among Youth and Young Adults

    Tobacco imagery is surging in shows, social media, music videos and movies — including nearly every Best Picture nominee at the 2024 Academy Awards

  5. Video Video Research & Resources

    Played: Smoking in videogames

    Truth Initiative takes a look at tobacco use in video games.

  6. Report Report Research & Resources

    Industry influencer: how tobacco content is infiltrating social media

    Tobacco content, including branded promotional content and misinformation about tobacco and nicotine, is commonplace on social media.

  7. News Article News Article Research & Resources

    Why is smoking still being glamorized in media and pop culture?

    Even as national smoking rates have declined to record lows, there has been a pervasive re-emergence of smoking imagery on screens.

  8. Report Report Research & Resources

    JUUL on YouTube

    Researchers found more than 8,000 JUUL-related videos that received a total of 260 million views over the 3-year period from 2016 to 2018.

  9. News Article News Article Research & Resources

    5 ways tobacco is normalized in entertainment and pop culture

    As smoking becomes less socially acceptable and tobacco use rates continue to decline, entertainment media and pop culture don’t often reflect that reality,

  10. Prescription Drug Safety

    To help young people better understand and navigate the growing prescription drug misuse crisis in our country, Prescription Drug Safety: Know the truth educ

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    Youth Vaping Prevention & Resources to Quit

    To educate America’s students about the health dangers of e-cigarette use and reverse the pervasive youth vaping epidemic, Truth Initiative has launched a na

  12. Research Article Research Article Research & Resources

    Study examines tobacco and e-cigarette ads online

    A study examining tobacco and e-cigarette online advertisements finds that the ads primarily focus on promoting e-cigarettes, snus, and cigars.