MTF survey shows that youth vaping remains a serious public health threat, with frequency of use up in 2022
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Dec. 15, 2022

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2022 Monitoring the Future Survey shows youth e-cigarette use up among 10th and 12th graders ([link removed])

The 2022 Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF) released today confirms that youth vaping remains a serious public health threat with noteworthy upticks among 10th and 12th graders and increases in daily use (30 days in the last month) across those who vape in all grades and doubling among 8th graders since 2020.

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Cheddar News: “Tips and Advice to Quit Vaping” ([link removed])

truth campaign partner McCall Mirabella and truth Ambassador Alyssa Badolato spoke with Cheddar News about This is Quitting and how the holidays are a great time to make the decision to go vape-free. McCall and Alyssa’s interview appeared on Cheddar’s Facebook and Instagram pages reaching nearly 6.3 million followers, and also ran on CheddarU’s more than 375 partner campuses across the country reaching nearly 5 million students.

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E-cigarette manufacturers fail to provide guidance on safe disposal of their products, creating huge streams of hazardous and toxic waste ([link removed])

A new Truth Initiative survey of 15-24-year-olds finds that two-thirds of disposable e-cigarette users threw their used e-cigarettes in the trash. Urgent action is needed to establish guidelines and hold companies accountable for providing information on how to safely throw away disposable e-cigarettes.

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Tobacco industry promotes heated tobacco products on Twitter by inspiring word-of-mouth conversations ([link removed])

Twitter posts about new heated tobacco products like IQOS, Ploom, and Glo doubled in number and shifted from majority commercial tweets to majority organic posts between 2016 and 2021, according to new research published by Truth Initiative in Social Media and Society ([link removed]) . Findings underscore the need to monitor the role social media plays in promoting and normalizing new tobacco products.

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California - The US Supreme Court denied R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco interests’ emergency application for a writ of injunction to prevent SB 793, California’s ban on flavored tobacco products, from taking effect by December 21.
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Columbus, Ohio – The city council passed an ordinance to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products, except hookah. The ordinance will take effect January 1, 2024.
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Westchester County, New York – County Executive George Latimer vetoed a bill to prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products passed by the Legislature earlier this month. The Legislature could override the veto if they get two-thirds of the 17-member board to vote yes.
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