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Tobacco/vape-free communities contribute to creating a future where commercial tobacco and nicotine addiction are things of the past and provide important protection from secondhand smoke exposure, which causes thousands of premature deaths each year.
See our work on tobacco-free communitiesTobacco-free communities are also especially important for those that serve populations disproportionately affected by tobacco — including people in low-income communities, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ individuals, women, youth, members of the military and those with mental illness — who have a long and documented history of being targeted by the tobacco industry.
More than 42% of the U.S. population remains unprotected by comprehensive smoke-free laws, with only 28 states and territories that have enacted such policies. In addition to supporting these policies, we are helping create tobacco/vape-free communities in many ways, including teaming with minority-serving academic institutions, community colleges and women’s colleges to help them address smoking, vaping and tobacco use in all forms through our tobacco/vape-free College Program, calling on pharmacies to stop selling tobacco and supporting Tobacco 21 policies that raise the legal age to purchase tobacco, to name just a few.
