Demand for help quitting e-cigarettes continues to grow

Truth Initiative

Oct. 3, 2019

Demand for help quitting e-cigarettes continues to grow

The first-of-its-kind program to help young people quit vaping, This is Quitting, gives youth and young adults the motivation and support they need to ditch JUUL and other e-cigarettes. As of September, more than 50,000 people have joined the program. Learn more about the additional resources available for parents of young vapers and for adults who want to quit.

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Celebrating the value of going tobacco-free

truth® was on the road last week, traveling to several colleges in California to share facts and give students the information they needed to make informed decisions about tobacco-free campuses.

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It’s time for Walgreens to stop selling ALL cancer-causing products

After the Food and Drug Administration found that Zantac may contain carcinogenic ingredients, Walgreens promptly took it off their shelves. But the pharmacy chain still sells a product that DEFINITELY causes cancer — cigarettes. It’s time for Walgreens to stop selling tobacco if they really care about their customers’ health.

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Why the FDA must act now and do its job

There’s no easy way to say it — the FDA let the youth vaping epidemic go too far. And with JUUL's decision to appoint a longtime Altria exec who helped build the Marlboro brand as its new CEO, the industry is making it clear that the fight to ban flavored e-cigarettes is likely to intensify.

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Protecting 1 million people on campus

Through 100+ grants from the Truth Initiative® Tobacco-Free College Program, more than 1 million students, faculty and staff are now protected with a campus smoke- or tobacco-free policy. Find out why that matters.

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This week in tobacco policy news

New York — A state judge denied the vaping industry’s request to delay the emergency ban on flavored e-cigarette sales.
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San Francisco, California — JUUL contributed $11.6 to the ballot initiative to overturn the city’s law banning all e-cigarette sales.
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Washington — Gov. Jay Inslee issued an executive order directing the state Board of Health to use its emergency authority to ban all flavored vaping products, including those containing THC.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe — The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council banned the sale, possession and use of e-cigarettes on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
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