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Sales | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. Decades of pervasive tobacco industry advertising and promotions that linked cigarettes to beauty, sex, money and power have rooted tobacco deeply into American culture. While youth and adult smoking in the United States is on the decline, the tobacco industry is still fighting to keep selling their deadly product to current and future smokers. More on this topic. Agreement on American Spirit cigarettes fails to protect public from misleading claims. Sign up for newsletter.

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E-Cigarettes | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. More on this topic. Of the 9.3% of youth who used e-cigarettes at any time in the last month, 63% of them had also used a tobacco product. Researchers reviewed nearly 700 e-cigarette studies. What did they find? Tobacco industry turns to same old tactics to thwart deeming regs. New study underscores need to get rid of flavored tobacco products. It's about to get a lot harder for minors to vape. Sign up for newsletter. 900 G Street, NW. Washington, DC 20001.

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Tobacco Products | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. More on this topic. Agreement on American Spirit cigarettes fails to protect public from misleading claims. What do tobacco advertising restrictions look like today? Tobacco coupons: How low can they go? Of the 9.3% of youth who used e-cigarettes at any time in the last month, 63% of them had also used a tobacco product. Researchers reviewed nearly 700 e-cigarette studies. What did they find? Sign up for newsletter. 900 G Street, NW. Washington, DC 20001.

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Economy | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. More on this topic. Why new poverty numbers are a good time to focus on smoker's wage gap. 10 facts about smoking at work (#1: smokers have a harder time getting hired). For today’s youth, less income means missing out on things they care about. CEO and President, Director Ex Officio Truth Initiative. The economics of tobacco: What if a pack of cigarettes cost $10? Updated estimates on the costs and benefits associated with preventing or quitting smoking are needed. 900 G Street, NW.

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Our Mission | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. An icon of a printer created by Alexander Wiefel. Truth Initiative is dedicated to achieving a culture where all youth and young adults reject tobacco. We speak, seek and spread the truth about tobacco through education, tobacco control research and policy studies, and community activism and engagement. An icon of a printer created by Alexander Wiefel. Youth and young adults have the power to reject tobacco. truth. Is our national tobacco prevention counter-marketing campaign. To ac...

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Socioeconomic Status | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. Despite decades of progress in the fight to end tobacco use, much work remains, particularly among lower income households. While 21.3 percent of U.S. adults use tobacco products every day or on some days, there are wide variations tied to socioeconomic status. Tobacco use rises to 32.2 percent in households earning less than $20,000 per year. More on this topic. Articles on Socioeconomic Status. STOPPROFILING: Tobacco is a social justice issue. Sign up for newsletter.

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Who Smokes | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. More on this topic. STOPPROFILING: Tobacco is a social justice issue. 77% of public schools are within a 10-minute walk of at least one outlet selling tobacco. Tobacco is a social justice issue: Smoking and LGBT communities. Tobacco is a social justice issue: Racial and ethnic minorities. Tobacco is a social justice issue: Smoking and low-income communities. Youth call on Walgreens to stop selling tobacco at rally outside shareholders meeting. Sign up for newsletter. 900 G Street, NW.

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Flavors | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. Many tobacco products such has cigars, hookah and e-cigarettes come in a variety of flavors like grape, cherry and menthol. Seventy percent of all current youth tobacco users have used a flavored product in the last 30 days. Keeping these flavored tobacco products, including menthol, off the market, could go a long way toward slowing the tobacco epidemic, especially in youth and young adults. More on this topic. Six highlights from the Tobacco Control special issue on flavors.

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Sexual/Gender Identity | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. More on this topic. Articles on Sexual/Gender Identity. Tobacco is a social justice issue: Smoking and LGBT communities. LGBT History Month: Why are smoking rates higher in LGBT communities? Three key moments in the history of marketing tobacco to women. Sign up for newsletter. 900 G Street, NW. Washington, DC 20001.

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Entertainment | Truth Initiative

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Skip to main content. Youth and young adults are uniquely susceptible to social and environmental influences to use tobacco. As smoking becomes a less socially acceptable behavior, the use of tobacco in entertainment still remains one of the places where it continues to be portrayed positively – as something glamorous, rebellious and edgy. These portrayals can be seen across a variety of entertainment platforms including movies and video games. More on this topic. Sign up for newsletter. 900 G Street, NW.