The latest tobacco industry news, policies and stories are here. Inside this edition: Walmart Stores Remove Tobacco Vaping and Teen Mental Health What Is Synthetic Nicotine? Quit the Hit: New Support for OK Teens US Government Gets Failing Marks in Tobacco Reduction...
In 2019, Tobacco 21 (T21) became federal law and raised the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. However, the policy left enforcement in the hands of individual states. Oklahoma lawmakers made this landmark anti-tobacco policy state law just a...
Multiunit housing residents don’t just share a roof. They also breathe up to 65% of the same air. Toxic secondhand smoke travels from unit to unit through floorboards, light fixtures, cracks, gaps, phone and cable jacks, electrical outlets, windows, doors and...
There are many obvious dangers associated with smoking, vaping and using smokeless tobacco. But even with all of these obvious risks staring teens in the face, Big Tobacco has pulled the wool over our kids’ eyes. We know that cigarette smoking is the source of a long...
In March, the Truth Initiative released their fifth annual report on tobacco imagery in entertainment — and the findings were troubling, especially for teenagers. The report found that in 2020, young people consumed more video content than ever before. With that...
