By: Kassia Barajas While the U.S. has seen a 59–66% decline in combustible tobacco usage since 1965, a disturbing recent trend in the fashion industry and among urban young adults is raising concern that cigarettes are coming back, particularly among women. This is no...
Youth Action for Healthy Leadership, or YAHL, is a youth-led health initiative funded by the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET). YAHL programs promote healthy living among teens and encourage strong leadership skills that will help carry them through the rest...
By: Kassia Barajas The dangers of E-cigarettes and vapes remain a major problem on college campuses. While some students may use these products to quit smoking traditional cigarettes, this method is rarely successful because they are equally addictive. Between 18% and...
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...
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...
