Combatting vaping in the workplace

Discussing results from a new survey in Employee Benefit News, Truth Initiative Chief of Innovations Amanda Graham shared that 63% of people said vaping at work is bothersome and 72% “sometimes” or “often” see vapor clouds or e-cigarettes at work.

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Marketing IQOS is not about reducing harm – it’s to make money

Philip Morris International released its IQOS device under the guise of reduced harm to try to expose more people to nicotine since its core business of selling cigarettes was threatened. A new report from Expose Tobacco shows how PMI’s motivation isn’t health — it’s money.

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Putting the tobacco industry’s words to work

Join the University of California, San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education on May 1 for a 1-day workshop to learn how to use tobacco industry documents for advocacy. Register by April 10 to attend.

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Tobacco is a social justice issue: Racial and ethnic minorities

There are up to 10x more tobacco ads in black neighborhoods than in other neighborhoods in cities like Washington, D.C. Why? Smoking disproportionally affects racial minorities, groups that the tobacco industry has targeted for decades.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Alabama — The state House passed a bill to prohibit smoking and vaping tobacco products in a motor vehicle when a child aged 14 years or under is also present in the vehicle.
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Manhattan Beach, California — The City Council passed a ban on the sale of all tobacco products which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2021.
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New Mexico — The state legislature passed a bill to establish a licensure process for e-cigarette and other tobacco product retailers and create a Tobacco 21 policy. The bill now goes to the governor for consideration.
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New York — Gov. Cuomo has launched a campaign to ban all flavored nicotine vaping products and to restrict vaping advertisements aimed at youth.
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