Health Media Club, Hood River High School, Hood River
Personal Narrative, Product Availability, YouthHood River High School students in the school’s health media club have spent time in convenience stores and know how Big Tobacco is targeting them.
Category: Youth
CDC Report Breaks Down Cigar Type Use
Cigarettes, Large Cigars, Little cigars/Cigarillos, YouthWhile cigarette use has declined during 2000 to 2011, cigar use has doubled during the same time frame [1]. This week the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released its Morbidity … Read More
2014 POS Report to the Nation Released!
Advertising Restictions, Flavors (including Menthol), Health Warnings, Licensing, Minimum pack size, Non-Tax Price Increases, Pharmacies, Policy Advocacy, Preemption, Price Promotions, Product Availability, Product Placement, Retailer Density, Store Assessments, YouthThe Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation was released late last week by researchers from the Center for Public Health Systems Science at Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford Prevention Research … Read More
Federal Court Upholds NYC Coupon Ban
Minimum price, Price Promotions, Tobacco21, YouthIn an effort to curb smoking rates, New York City passed a set of comprehensive POS policies in the fall of 2013. The Sensible Tobacco Enforcement and Tobacco 21 ordinances … Read More
Kids and the Tobacco Predator
Media Campaign, Policy Advocacy, YouthTobacco Free CA showed these kids some products purchased at a nearby store and asked them what they thought. What they didn’t know is that each one was a tobacco … Read More
Tobacco Products are Sweet, Cheap & Deadly
Media Campaign, Policy Advocacy, YouthJefferson County youth star in this short PSA about how the tobacco industry uses sweet flavors and low prices to hook youth on their deadly product.
New Congressional report calls out e-cigarette companies for youth marketing tactics
E-Cigarettes, Flavors (including Menthol), YouthIn 2011 the FDA announced its intention to expand the definition of tobacco products to include e-cigarettes, a distinction that would make e-cigarettes subject to all federal regulations currently enforced … Read More
The Problem with Flavored Tobacco | (dis)tasteful Campaign
Flavors (including Menthol), Policy Advocacy, YouthChocolate. Grape. Strawberry. Vanilla. Apple. We’re not talking about types of ice cream, candy, or bubblegum. These are flavors of tobacco products. Youth from Y Street Virginia explains the dangers … Read More
Youth Perspective: Why We Care
Licensing, Personal Narrative, Policy Advocacy, Retailer Density, YouthYouth care, and youth can make a difference! Members of Evolvement Denver share why they are passionate about their work to pass a non-cigarette tobacco retail licensing ordinance in Denver.
Person on the Street Reaction: Tobacco Marketing
Media Campaign, Stores Near Schools, YouthWatch how Californians react to some of the astonishing facts about how the tobacco industry markets their products and how youth are affected.
