75% of parents of youth support banning flavored e-cigarettes

More than three-quarters of parents of middle and high school students favor a ban on flavored e-cigarette sales, according to a new Truth Initiative^® study that found overwhelming parental support for stricter tobacco control policies aimed at preventing youth tobacco use.

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The link between marijuana and e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes offer youth a new way to use marijuana — in fact, young e-cigarette users are 3.5x more likely to use marijuana. This dual use threatens their health and development. Our latest fact sheet explains this evolving situation and outlines the action needed.

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Recruiting new tobacco control leaders

Enlisting and empowering youth and young adults is an important part of the movement to make tobacco use a thing of the past. Applications for both truth^® Ambassadors and college leaders are currently open and we encourage motivated young people to apply.

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Architects of a public health crisis

In a lengthy exposé in The New York Times, two health reporters explain how JUUL “planted the seeds of a public health crisis by marketing to millennials” and detail the investigations and lawsuits facing the e-cigarette maker.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Massachusetts — A new state law bans the sale of all flavored tobacco products, imposes a 75% tax on e-cigarettes, requires commercial health insurers and MassHealth to cover quitting counseling and all NRT, and expands penalties for illegal tobacco sales.
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New York, New York — The City Council passed a bill to ban the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes and e-liquid vaping products.
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Pennsylvania — Gov. Wolf signed a weak Tobacco 21 bill that exempts active duty and reserve military members, as well as veterans who received an honorable discharge.
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South Portland, Maine — The City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting tobacco retailers within 1,000 feet of schools and 300 feet from other areas including churches, parks and child care centers.
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