The growing danger of smoking on the small screen
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March 5, 2020

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The facts about women and tobacco ([link removed])

The tobacco industry has a long history of targeting women, dating back to the early 1920s when ads marketed cigarettes for weight loss. Even more, overall smoking rates in the U.S have not declined as quickly for women as for men over the years, and more than 200,000 women die every year from smoking-related diseases. Learn more about women and tobacco in our fact sheet.

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New York tells teens to ‘drop the vape’ ([link removed])

The New York State Department of Health and Governor Andrew Cuomo this week unveiled a customized version of our This is Quitting program, a powerful tool that will help the thousands of young vapers throughout the state of New York quit simply by texting “DropTheVape” to 88709.

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A new generation of tobacco control leaders ([link removed])

truth^® community leaders from Nashville, Indianapolis and Atlanta — 76 in total — came together this past weekend in Indiana for trainings as well as activism events, including hosting a vape-free dorms event at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

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The growing danger of smoking on the small screen ([link removed])

The latest Truth Initiative^® report on smoking imagery in TV finds that 92% of shows across broadcast, cable and streaming that are most popular with young people feature tobacco prominently. CBC News, Canada's public news service, explored the issue of smoking in streaming content this week in a video that prominently featured our research.

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Keeping the pressure on Big Tobacco ([link removed])

Last year, truth and its army of supporters worked to hold tobacco companies accountable and demanded they make health — not profits — a priority. For those looking to speak up and speak out, here’s how you can take action and enlist in our movement.

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Carlton County, Minnesota — The Board of Commissioners removed language from an ordinance that would have banned the sale of flavored tobacco products.
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Chula Vista, California — The City Council voted to table an ordinance to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products and e-cigarettes.
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Kentucky — The state House passed a bill to increase taxes on e-cigarettes and other tobacco products from 15% to 25% of the wholesale price.
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Montana — The state Department of Public Health & Human Services says a temporary ban on e-cigarettes will continue until April 15. The ban was originally set to end on Feb. 21, but the state argues that a pending injunction has pushed that time frame back.
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