CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) is partnering with CADCA’s Youth Leadership Initiative and Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) Network to present a two-part webinar series, “Youth Engagement in Tobacco Control”. The first webinar will be held on Monday, January 11, 2021, from 3-4:30 pm EST and presented by CADCA Trainers Nigel Wrangham and Rebekah Jin. Grounded in the CDC’s Youth Engagement in … Read More

Join Chris Bostic, Action on Smoking & Health's (ASH) Deputy Director for Policy and speakers: Ann Boonn, Director of Research at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; Barbara Schillo, Senior Vice President at the Truth Initiative Schroeder Institute; Julie Bisbee, Executive Director at the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust; and Megan Arendt, ASH Associate Director of Communications, as … Read More

Counter Tools is partnering with The Center for Black Health & Equity and ChangeLab Solutions to discuss how local and state partners can advance equitable enforcement practices in commercial tobacco control.  Join us on Tuesday, February 9, at 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT to learn how to apply equitable enforcement strategies to your … Read More

On December 20, 2019, the federal government made changes to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 that increased the minimum legal sales age for all commercial tobacco products from 18 to 21. This amendment applies to all U.S. states and territories, and on all Tribal lands, leaving Tribal communities with much … Read More

Join Public Health Law Center attorneys to learn more about what’s next on the regulatory agenda in commercial tobacco control and food security. They will discuss the recently finalized HHS SUNSET rule, provide an overview of executive branch changes that will affect regulatory agendas in these areas, and preview some opportunities for federal administrative action … Read More

Save the Date! The next Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action (formerly Kick Butts Day) will take place virtually on April 1, 2021. Details will come soon, but here’s what to expect: A robust digital toolkit for hosting your own virtual event and maximizing its impact. An interactive, virtual national event that brings it … Read More

According to federal law, all e-cigarettes must go through a process called “premarket review” in order to be commercially marketed in the US. So far, no e-cigarette has received marketing authorization from the FDA. Yet, after September 9th, 2021, the only e-cigarette products that should remain on store shelves are those that have received affirmative … Read More

No Menthol Sunday, a national observance day led by The Center for Black Health & Equity is an important opportunity to engage faith leaders and their communities in a discussion about how to improve health outcomes for African Americans. Tobacco is still the number one killer of African Americans, and people of faith can play … Read More

We are thrilled to invite you to participate in CounterTobacco.org’s 10th Annual Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing Photo Contest! Each year we host this contest to showcase what’s happening in the tobacco retail environment all across the country. These images are crucial to educating the public, educating policymakers, and furthering the success of state and local tobacco … Read More

  Recently, PuffBar e-cigarettes and similar products have emerged on the market claiming to contain synthetic nicotine – nicotine that is not derived from tobacco, but instead produced in a laboratory. Driving these products are the reduced costs of producing synthetic nicotine and federal policies that incentivize the use of synthetic nicotine, such as the … Read More

Join The Center for Black Health & Equity for a webinar on Thursday, March 17 at 4 P.M. to help you learn more about their new Health Justice in Tobacco Control guide’s make up and how it differs from other tobacco control literature on the market.This is your chance to talk to co-authors Sterling Fulton, … Read More

Despite public health concerns about the prevalence of e-cigarette use – especially among youth and young adults – the U.S. e-cigarette market continues to thrive. Addressing this rapidly changing market requires coordinated and evidence-based policy at local, state, and federal levels. This 75- minute webinar features experts in public health law, policy, and advocacy who … Read More

Join Counter Tools, with special guests from Indiana and ChangeLab Solutions, for the next webinar in our "Healthy Point of Sale Webinar Series" on Thursday, April 14th, 2022 from 3:00-4:00pm ET!   With the introduction of new preemption bills during the pandemic and existing preempted states, tobacco point-of-sale related preemption presents a challenge to policy … Read More

No Menthol Sunday is The Center for Black Health & Equity’s annual faith-based observance day. It is an opportunity to engage faith communities in tough conversations about how menthol and tobacco addiction have robbed community health for generations. The theme for this year is "Fight to the Finish." Learn more and download the toolkit here.