March 21 is Kick Butts Day, a national day of youth activism sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. On Kick Butts Day, youth advocates, teachers, and community leaders organize events that encourage kids to be tobacco-free, reject tobacco companies’ devious marketing and urge elected officials to help make the next generation tobacco-free. Get the … Read More
This webinar from the Public Health Law Center will familiarize participants with JUUL, a relatively new, discreet, and best-selling e-cigarette brand that is very popular among youth and young adults. Policy, legal, and advocacy experts will describe JUUL and discuss concerns and emerging reports about youth and young adult use, ease of use without detection, … Read More
No Menthol Sunday, a national observance day led by NAATPN, Inc. has increased the opportunity for faith leaders as well as public health leaders to unify their communities in effort to improve health outcomes for African Americans. Tobacco is still the number one killer of African Americans, and people of faith can play a major … Read More
Many public health regulations, including advertising restrictions on tobacco products and required warning labels for sugar sweetened beverages, have faced legal challenges as impermissible restrictions on protected First Amendment free speech. While these cases involve complicated issues, legal experts will provide, in easy-to-understand terms, a general overview of the First Amendment and a current assessment … Read More
Please join Counter Tools and CounterTobacco.org for our 4th quarterly webinar on Thursday, June 14, 2018 from 2:00-3:00pm ET!UNC researcher and doctoral student, Amanda Kong will present study findings from her teams' recent published paper on the sales and marketing of tobacco products in the military. The availability, price and promotions of tobacco products at tobacco … Read More
On June 5, 2018, San Francisco voters once again stood tall against the tobacco industry, rejecting Big Tobacco’s attempt to overturn the city’s groundbreaking policy prohibiting the sale of all menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products. More than 164,000 San Francisco residents joined in sending Big Tobacco a clear message: Stop targeting our kids and … Read More
This is the second in a series of Tobacco Control Legal Consortium and Public Health Law Center webinars on the emergence of JUUL, the e-cigarette product that has become extremely popular among kids and adults alike. In this webinar, legal and policy experts will discuss the recent steps that the FDA has taken to regulate … Read More
Heated cigarettes are garnering increased attention as commercial tobacco product manufacturers tout their marketing success abroad and begin introducing the products into the U.S. market. Although the tobacco industry refers to them as “heat-not-burn” products, this term is a misnomer that attempts to downplay the harm of using these products. This webinar includes an overview … Read More
Statewide Tobacco Policy Manager at the Bureau of Tobacco Free Florida, Brittany Chatman (MHA, FCCM), and Youth Tobacco Attorney and Assistant Attorney General for the Arizona Office of the Attorney General, Erika Mansur (J.D.), will give an overview of Assurances of Voluntary Compliance (AVCs) during this webinar. AVCs are legally binding voluntary agreements between retail … Read More
The tobacco industry spends nearly $1 million every hour to market their deadly products. The Surgeon General has concluded that exposure to this retail marketing encourages smoking and undermines quit attempts. And it’s happening in YOUR community. Each year we host this contest to showcase what's happening in the tobacco retail environment all across the country. These images are … Read More
Posted March 14, 2019
