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Most JUUL-related Instagram posts appeal to youth culture and lifestyles, study finds

A study published in the journal Tobacco Control found that more than half of Instagram posts about JUUL are youth- and lifestyle-focused.

How can a Disney star and a compatibility quiz combat tobacco industry profiling?

A compatibility quiz from truth® and DoSomething.org matches young people based on their income, race and sexual orientation—characteristics used in tobacco

Public and pharmacists urge Walgreens halt tobacco sales nationwide

Truth Initiative is attending a Walgreens shareholders meeting to deliver a petition and urging the pharmacy chain to go tobacco-free.

Unvaping America’s Youth

3 key takeaways on the FDA proposed rules to eliminate menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars

Here are three key takeaways from the April 28 announcement.

Graphic Cigarette Warnings Proposed by FDA Are Long Overdue, But Agency Must Meet March 2020 Deadline to Finalize Them

The graphic cigarette health warnings proposed by the FDA are a critical and long-overdue step forward in the nation’s battle against tobacco use.

How the tobacco industry’s new products could be leading to more nicotine addiction

Public health leaders and researchers joined Truth Initiative to discuss the proliferation of new tobacco products that threaten to reverse years of progress

Alma Adams Scholarship: Rewarding student action to make tobacco a thing of the past

Truth Initiative® is offering two $5,000 scholarships to support undergraduate and graduate students who are innovatively confronting tobacco use.

Where we stand: DOT bans vaping on airplanes

Use of e-cigarette and vaping products has outpaced tobacco control regulations, and the products remain unregulated by FDA pending the completion of deeming

FDA’s Delay on Largest E-Cigarette Companies’ Applications Allows Top Brands with 75% of the Market Share to Remain Widely Available, Extending the Youth Vaping Epidemic and Delaying Necessary Regulations to Help Smokers

We are very concerned that the FDA did not prioritize and complete the reviews of the companies with over 75% of the e-cigarette market as they promised to d

From social taboo to target market: How tobacco use became a women’s issue

Something interesting happened after the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report confirming the link between smoking and cancer in 1964.

3 lessons on preventing loopholes in flavored tobacco restrictions

The FDA should do the following three actions – lessons learned from failures of past tobacco regulations – to prevent loopholes in its final rules.