The City of San Francisco, California recently passed a piece of legislation called the Tobacco Sales Reduction Act, which aims to halve the number of tobacco retailers in the city … Read More
Welcome to CounterTobacco.org’s second installment of our new “News and Research Roundup!” Each month we’ll be posting a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product … Read More
Welcome to CounterTobacco.org’s new “News and Research Roundup!” Each month we’ll be posting a summary of the latest research, reports, and news stories on counteracting tobacco product sales and marketing at … Read More
Cigarette smoking has devastating effects on health and it is an unequal opportunity killer. People with lower-incomes and less education, and certain racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to … Read More
Presenters: Laura Brossart, Washington University in St. Louis Carol O. McGruder, The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council Kendall Stagg, JD, Chicago Department of Public Health This two part … Read More
The tobacco industry spends over $1,000,000 an hour marketing their deadly products in retail locations. Research shows that exposure to point of sale tobacco advertising and promotions prompts smoking initiation, … Read More
Youth of Genesee-Orleans in New York State explains how Big Tobacco markets to them in retail locations as future “replacement smokers” and how this impacts them, their families, and their … Read More
Youth from San Francisco describe the unequal distribution of tobacco retailers in their community and what they plan to do to change that.
Check out a new fact sheet, Tobacco in the Retail Environment from the California Department of Public Health. Use this easy-to-navigate resource to learn more about tobacco marketing and promotions … Read More
Brooklyn artists deliver a smoke-free message to their community about the dangers of tobacco and industry marketing.
