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Could 2019 be the year when pharmacies finally stop selling tobacco products?
Thousands of pharmacies continue to sell tobacco, including most Walgreens stores, the country’s second largest pharmacy chain.
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Young adult smoking rate drops to 10%
In 2017, just 10.4 percent of young Americans aged 18-24 smoked cigarettes, a 21 percent decline since 2016.
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How companies control where you see tobacco products and what policy can do about it
To combat the impact of tobacco marketing in stores, policies can regulate where stores can place tobacco products and ads.
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Head Start updates will help protect children from tobacco smoke
Updated standards include a requirement that Head Start programs offer parents opportunities to learn about the health risks associated with secondhand smoke
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Smoke-free community college movement continues to grow
When classes resume Jan.
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The impact of secondhand smoke
Secondhand smoke causes the premature death of 41,000 adults and more than 400 infants each year.
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Where we stand: Smoke-free public housing
Truth Initiative and The Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco weighed in on a rule proposed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to i
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Q&A: Helping college campuses go tobacco-free
Tobacco-free policies are proven to prevent young adults from starting tobacco use, help tobacco smokers quit, and reduce secondhand smoke exposure.
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Raising the Legal Age to Purchase Tobacco is an Important Added Tool in the Fight, But is Insufficient to End the Youth E-cigarette Epidemic
Creating a federal Tobacco 21 policy is a step in the right direction to reduce youth tobacco initiation, but it alone cannot be viewed as sufficient to solv
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HUD final rule on smoke-free housing will protect millions from the dangers of secondhand smoke
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) final rule announced today, requiring each agency administering public housing to implement a smoke-f
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Smoke-free housing to protect millions from the dangers of secondhand smoke to take effect July 31
A smoke-free policy goes into effect at all federal public housing units on July 31, 2018, thanks to a U.S.
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truth® campaign prevents more than 300,000 young people from smoking in one year
An estimated 301,930 youth and young adults did not become smokers over the course of one year because of the truth campaign.
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