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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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  1. Our Team

    Elizabeth Kenny

    As Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Truth Initiative, Elizabeth Kenny brings extensive experience to the organization’s life-saving mission to ac

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    Take Action

    Enlist in our movement, explore our youth activism and leadership programs, share quitting resources, or donate — there are many ways you can take action now. Learn more about how you can be part of preventing youth and young adult nicotine addiction and empowering quitting for all.

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    Donate to Truth Initiative

    Join us and support our mission to achieve a culture in which young people reject smoking, vaping and nicotine.

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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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    Megan Jacobs

    As the Senior Vice President of product for the Innovations center at Truth Initiative, Jacobs brings an empathic, user-centered approach to product design t

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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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    2023 Annual Report

    We are pleased to share the significant progress we made in 2023, detailed in this report: Building a tobacco-free future where anyone can quit

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    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.

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    Annual Report Report

    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.

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    Annual Report Report

    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

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    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.

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    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.