As teen vaping and tobacco use remain critical issues in the Sooner State, one Oklahoma City high school student is fighting for change. Carina Chen is the 2025 Barrie Fiske National Youth Advocate of the Year. This award honors one young person who works to reduce...
Big Tobacco is still out there — just as dangerous, just as aggressive. We all know the truth: Smoking causes cancer, tobacco companies are still modifying cigarettes to deliver powerfully addictive amounts of nicotine (“a poison,” the CEO of Brown & Williamson...
Tobacco harms the body from the very first puff or pinch. It doesn’t take years to start feeling the negative effects. Tobacco affects everything, from the heart and lungs to skin and teeth, and even the brain, within the first few minutes, days and weeks. While many...
How Oklahoma Stacks Up The American Lung Association monitors tobacco control measures for each state and while Oklahoma excels in two areas — tobacco prevention/cessation funding and access to cessation services — it remains below the curve in other markers. Oklahoma...
Youth are drawn to the latest trends, from video games and music to fashion and TV. Now, the tobacco industry is exploiting these interests with devices that blur the line between vapes, gaming and entertainment. “Smart vapes” combine vapes’ nicotine delivery with...
