Raising the tobacco purchasing age isn’t a cure-all

Creating a federal Tobacco 21 policy is a positive step to ensure young people don’t start using tobacco, but it alone is not a solution to the youth e-cigarette epidemic. Shifting attention away from efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes plays right into the industry's hand.

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Participants needed for quit vaping study

Truth Initiative^® is calling on partners and youth-serving organizations to spread the word about a first-ever national randomized trial to evaluate its text-based quit vaping program. Young people aged 18-24 who currently vape are encouraged to apply to see if they’re eligible.

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5 tips for handling nicotine withdrawal

Coping with cravings from nicotine withdrawal is one of the biggest challenges to quitting both cigarettes and e-cigarettes. Find out what a doctor from Mayo Clinic says will help with those symptoms.

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This week in tobacco policy news

Massachusetts — The state Public Health Council voted to rescind the emergency ban on the sale of all vaping products. Tighter restrictions on sales of e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes and other vaping products were also adopted.
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Montana — The state health department will begin enforcing an emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes on Dec. 18 after a temporary restraining order preventing the ban from taking effect expired on Oct. 28.
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New York — The state’s Public Health and Health Planning Council voted to renew the emergency ban on flavored e-cigarettes for another 90 days. The council had approved the ban in September but a state appeals court blocked enforcement in October. This vote will keep the emergency regulations on the books if the courts uphold the ban.
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