Dear John,
Our 2024 Youth Advocates of the Year Awards is less than a month away! With your support, we’re looking forward to honoring young leaders and public health champions from the United States and around the world. |
ANNOUNCING OUR CHAMPION AWARD HONOREE
We’re thrilled to present our Champion Award this year to Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP. |
About Derrick Johnson Derrick Johnson has demonstrated unyielding leadership in working to eliminate menthol cigarettes and end the tobacco industry’s predatory marketing to kids, Black Americans and other communities.
President Johnson and the NAACP have worked tirelessly to support the FDA’s proposed rules to prohibit menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, speaking out against the tobacco industry’s targeted marketing and providing a powerful voice of support for the rules to the Biden Administration, Congress, the media and the public. NAACP state conferences across the country have also supported state and local efforts to end the sale of menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products.
When the Biden Administration signaled a delay in issuing the final menthol rule in December, President Johnson called on the Administration to “put people above profit” and to “stay focused on the main issue here – and that’s the health of the African American community.” He also denounced the “lobbyists of the tobacco industry and those that they have paid to carry a bad, false message” against the menthol rule.
President Johnson and the NAACP have provided a voice of moral clarity by standing up to the tobacco industry and reminding the Biden Administration of its obligation to improve health and save lives in the Black community. He has demonstrated extraordinary leadership, commitment and courage in this fight. |
On May 9th, join us in honoring Derrick Johnson, our Youth Advocates of the Year, and other public health champions. STAY TUNED
There's more to come! We recently announced our Group Youth Advocates of the Year. Later this month, we’ll announce the recipient of our Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence and our Barrie Fiske National Youth Advocate of the Year. We’ll also announce two inaugural awards: our Global Young Ambassador of the Year and Global Health Advocacy Changemaker Award.
We hope to see you on May 9th! Looking forward, |
