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Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Youth Tobacco Use Continues to Decline, But 2 Million Still Using in 2025 » A new analysis of the 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), published on June 23 in Nicotine & Tobacco Research,...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Addiction, Anxiety, and the Attention Economy » Conversations about youth mental health and addiction are often treated as separate issues. But for today’s young people,...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 How to Talk to Your Child About Nicotine » Parents and caregivers have an important role to play when it comes to preventing nicotine addiction and supporting young...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Truth Initiative Celebrates Pride Month by Expanding Quit Support in LGBTQ+ Communities » This Pride month, Truth Initiative is celebrating queer health by supporting those who are quitting and sharing quit...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 While Cost of Living Rises, Nicotine Gets Cheaper » While the cost of living continues to rise, nicotine has become increasingly affordable; especially for young people. This...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Certified Professional by the American Heart Association–Tobacco Treatment Certification » American Heart Association, in collaboration with the Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence, launche...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Addiction Rebranded: How Big Tobacco Sells Nicotine on Social Media (ALA Resource) » American Lung Association highlights that with the help of paid influencers on social media, Big Tobacco is promoting nico...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Cytisinicline NDA Delayed: Achieve Targets Resubmission and 2027 Approval Timeline » Achieve Life Sciences announced it received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the FDA for its cytisinicline NDA, citin...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Collaborating to Fill Emerging Federal Data Gaps » In response to concerns regarding the future of federal data infrastructure, collection, and quality, SHADAC launched th...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC) Is Fully Operational and Accepting Requests » CDC’s Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC) is now fully operational and accepting requests for free and low-cost tobacco...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 New E-cigarette Sales Data from CDC Foundation’s Monitoring Tobacco Project » CDC Foundation’s Monitoring Tobacco Project has released updated e‑cigarette sales data, visualizations, and briefs with n...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 FY27 House Appropriations » NAQC is pleased to share that on June 9th, the House Appropriations Committee advanced the FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 New Tobacco Product Labelling Messages in Canada » Health-related messages on tobacco product packaging continue to be one of the most effective ways to inform people about...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 E-cigarettes and Youth Affordability » E-cigarettes have become increasingly affordable for young people, even as products have grown bigger and stronger. While...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 Huge Rise in Nicotine Sold Through Oral Nicotine Pouches » Oral nicotine pouches are rapidly reshaping the nicotine market and now surpass e-cigarettes in total nicotine sold by wei...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 Mitigating Tobacco Industry Misinformation (Resource from Public Health Law Center) » For generations, Big Tobacco has downplayed the health risks of its products while working to addict new users for profit....
Thursday, May 21, 2026 1 Million Young People Enroll in Truth Initiative Quit Program » Truth Initiative’s EX Program has reached a historic milestone with 1 million young people ages 13 to 24 enrolling...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 New Fact Sheet from CDC Foundation - Indiana's 2025 Tobacco Tax Increase » Economics for Health , in collaboration with the CDC Foundation’s Tobacco Monitoring Project, has released a new factshee...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 New Date Briefs from CDC Foundation -TEEN+ Data on E-cigarettes and Nicotine Pouches » CDC Foundation’s Tobacco Monitoring Project has released two new data briefs from the Tobacco Epidemic Evaluation Network...
Thursday, May 21, 2026 Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC) is Fully Operational and Accepting Requests » CDC’s Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC) is your go‑to source for free and low‑cost tobacco education campaign material...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 YouTube Recommendations Expose Viewers to Pro-tobacco Content » Many people turn to YouTube for health information, including about tobacco products. However, research finds that some vi...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Quitting Vaping Benefits Health – and the Environment » Cheap, high-nicotine, and disposable e-cigarettes are dominating the market and contributing to tons of electronic waste....
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Filing A Tobacco Product Complaint » The latest map from Public Health Law Center provides jurisdiction-specific information for reporting violations of U.S. s...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Truth Initiative Launches New Outsmart Nicotine Campaign Ads » Truth Initiative has launched a new national campaign drawing attention to the troubling rise in young people using multip...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Resources from Center for Public Health Systems Science at Washington University in St. Louis » Through a long-standing partnership from 2008–2025, the Center for Public Health Systems Science at Washington University...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Higher Cigarette and E-Cigarette Use in Non-Metropolitan Areas » CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics recently released a report on cigarette and e-cigarette use, finding that adul...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 The Center for Black Health & Equity Launched the No Menthol Sunday (NMS) Campaign » No Menthol Sunday, The Center for Black Health & Equity’s annual call to action highlights the detrimental i...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 Achieve Life Sciences Announcement » Achieve Life Sciences recently provided a business update on cytisinicline, highlighting several milestones relevant to th...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 What to Know About Quitting Zyn? » As oral nicotine pouches from brands like Zyn, on!, Velo, and Rogue become more widespread, people are raising questions a...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Tobacco Imagery Dominates Oscar®-nominated Films, Raising Public Health Concerns Ahead of Hollywood' » Eight of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture Academy Award ® this year feature tobacco imagery, despite proven&n...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 How Have E-cigarettes Changed Over Time? » The e-cigarette market is constantly evolving and adapting to keep existing customers and attract new users. E-cigarette d...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 New Fact Sheet from SelfMade Health Network - Broadband, CVD, and Tobacco Cessation » SelfMade Health Network has released a user-friendly fact sheet, “Increasing Broadband Access for Cardiovascular Disease C...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 New Resources from The American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation » The American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation has developed a new “buildable facts” poster and infographic on particulate mat...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 Truth Initiative, NAACP Unite to Expand Access to Proven Quit Resources and End Targeted Tobacco Har » Truth Initiative and the NAACP have announced a partnership to address the tobacco industry’s exploitation of Black commun...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 The CDC Foundation's Annual Cigarette Sales Data Brief » In addition to releasing regular e-cigarette and nicotine pouch sales data briefs, the CDC Foundation also produces an ann...
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