What Parents Need to Know About Vape & Tobacco Products

What Parents Need to Know About Vape & Tobacco Products

Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death, while youth vaping remains an epidemic. None of this is an accident. Kids face an onslaught of vape and tobacco marketing campaigns — especially on social media. 90% of tobacco users start before the age of 18....
How Tobacco Companies Are Talking to Kids

How Tobacco Companies Are Talking to Kids

For decades tobacco companies have hooked generations of Americans with their deadly and addictive products. They advertised in magazines and movies — and plastered logos on the sides of race cars. Today, it’s a completely different world — and tobacco companies are...
Big Tobacco’s Newest Product Push

Big Tobacco’s Newest Product Push

Big Tobacco is always looking for new customers – and higher profits – while actively undermining clean air policies for our communities being promoted through legislation and by consumer advocacy groups. In the battle against Big Tobacco, it’s important to stay...
PODCAST – Preemption: Big Tobacco’s Political Play

PODCAST – Preemption: Big Tobacco’s Political Play

LISTEN: How Big Tobacco Has Influenced Policy in Oklahoma In episode 11 of the TSET Better Health Podcast, Doug Matheny, Programs and Initiatives Manager for State and Local Policy with the TSET Health Promotion Research Center & Sarah Rivin, State Government...
How Bad Is Vaping, Really?

How Bad Is Vaping, Really?

For years, vape companies have touted their nicotine delivery system as a safer alternative to cigarettes. This “safer alternative” campaign was designed to hide the real hazards of vaping from us and our kids. It resulted in the youth vaping epidemic we find...