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California's ban on flavored tobacco products allowed to move forward

On Monday, December 12, 2022, the Supreme Court denied a request made by a group of major tobacco companies to block California’s recently passed ban on flavored tobacco products, allowing for a lower court’s decision permitting the ban to stand.

Ban of flavored tobacco products in California

The following contains excerpts from an article by Hannah Wiley that was originally posted on the Los Angeles Times site.  Full article can be found at:  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-08/2022-california-election-prop-31-ban-flavored-tobacco-results.

2021 Monitoring the Future Survey outcomes released

The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan conducts an annual survey completed by students in grades 8, 10 and 12. A subset of that group is tracked through adulthood. Their headline finding of the Monitoring the Future survey this year was that marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults 19 to 30 years old reached all-time high in 2021. 
 
Other key findings for young adults from the press release include:

    Launching April 1: TIQxWA Snapchat campaign

    Hello, Partners in Prevention!

    On Thursday, April 1, Truth Initiative will be launching a swipe-to-text Snapchat ad campaign promoting their innovative text-to-quit vaping program, This is Quitting (TIQ), to teens and young adults in Washington state.

    Seeking input from DFC & CPWI grantees - tobacco & vapor product prevention work in WA

    May 4, 2020

    All interested CPWI and DFC program leaders in WA are invited to participate in one-hour Zoom meeting interviews in May or early June about your organization’s priorities, collaborations, and viewpoint on partnerships for tobacco/vapor product work in Washington state.

    Prevention Plus Wellness Youth and Teacher Resources

    Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) provides easy to use evidence-informed resources to help prevention and health specialists and parents prevent youth and young adult alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, e-cigarette, and opioid use while promoting protective wellness lifestyles.

    Single-session & Other Brief Interventions for Preventing Youth Alcohol, Marijuana, E-cigarette & Opioid Use

    We recently presented a webinar on brief interventions for preventing youth substance use. Because it was a completely filled session, I wanted to provide a description of the main points covered in the webinar for those who had not had an opportunity to attend it.

    Introduction

    Free Webinar: Practical Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention

    Webinar Objectives:

    U.S. Surgeon General officially declares e-cigarette use among youth an epidemic

    U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory on December 18, 2018 stressing the importance of protecting children from a lifetime of nicotine addiction and associated health risks by immediately addressing the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use. Read more here.

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