Youth activists speak up about e-cigarettes on Capitol Hill
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Feb. 6, 2020

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Youth activists speak up about e-cigarettes on Capitol Hill ([link removed])

Members of Congress held a hearing on Wednesday to question the CEOs of JUUL, Logic, NJOY and other top e-cigarette brands about flavored products, their marketing practices and the role they’ve played in addicting a new generation of young people to nicotine. truth^® youth activists filled the room and later met with lawmakers, noting that current federal policies are not enough to stop the youth vaping epidemic.

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The importance of strong local flavored tobacco policies ([link removed])

A new Truth Initiative^® study that analyzed the strength and reach of local flavored tobacco policies found that less than 1% of the population is protected by a strong policy. Such policies are increasingly important tools as the federal government fails to implement strong flavored tobacco regulations.

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A loophole contributing to the rise of disposable e-cigarettes ([link removed])

Even as new Food and Drug Administration restrictions on flavored e-cigarettes go into effect, thousands of devices will remain widely available since the policy does not cover Puff Bars and other disposable e-cigarettes.

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How menthol tobacco ended up in black communities ([link removed])

Lincoln Mondy, a former Truth Initiative fellow, took his passion for activism and created the short film, "Black Lives, Black Lungs" to expose Big Tobacco’s profiling and targeting of black communities.

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Nebraska — A proposed bill would increase the state cigarette tax by $1.50/pack and raise taxes on other tobacco products to generate an estimated $90 million a year for health care programs, including Medicaid expansion.
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New Mexico — A state committee approved a bill to create a licensure process for e-cigarette and other tobacco product retailers as well as create a Tobacco 21 policy.
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Utah — A proposed bill would require stores that sell flavored e-cigarettes to have tobacco specialty store retail licenses.
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