New data show nearly 800,000 teens vaped for the first time in the past year, as FDA is set to announce first major decision to remove a popular e-cigarette brand

Nearly 1.5 million young people, including 800,000 teens between 15 and 18 years old, used an e-cigarette for the first time in the months surrounding and following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s September deadline to review e-cigarettes, a missed deadline that has kept many flavored e-cigarettes on store shelves while they await FDA review.

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Catch us at NCTOH 2022

From June 28-30, Truth Initiative will present in several sessions at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) on the latest facts and analyses on the most important issues related to tobacco. If you’re attending, check out when and where you can find us.

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FDA’s reduced nicotine plan could be game-changer in tobacco epidemic

Tuesday’s announcement on nicotine goes to the heart of the ongoing tobacco epidemic and addresses it at its core — dismantling a deadly product that has been engineered to be more rapidly addictive and harder to quit.

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Cigarette sales continued declining in 2021

Cigarette sales decreased by 7.6% from 9.8 billion to 9.1 billion packs between January 2020 and December 2021, continuing a 20-year annual decline, according to new research published in JAMA Open Network by the CDC Foundation and Truth Initiative^® researchers.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Los Angeles, California – Mayor Garcetti signed the flavored tobacco ordinance into law. The ordinance will take effect January 1, 2023.
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Scotts Valley, California –The city council passed an ordinance to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products and prohibit smoking or vaping in any designated seating areas of restaurants or outdoor eating establishments. The ordinances will go into effect July 15.
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