PETITIONS
Together, we can show the tobacco industry that they have messed with the wrong moms (and dads, grandparents, educators and health professionals)!
Take action now. It will only take a minute, but the impact could last for a generation.
REPORT VIOLATIONS
Help us prevent kids from using e-cigarette and tobacco products. Your report may help identify possible violations!
This includes reporting gas stations, convenient stores and smoke shops etc. who sell these products to minors, including counterfeit JUUL pods, sales of open packages (loose pods), free giveaways and sales in non-authorized venues.
MICHIGAN IN ACTION
The Macomb Daily: Jennifer Jackson, PAVe advocate, social worker, and mother of four talks about the struggles that her son has had since he started vaping at the age of 14.
NEWS
WILX 10: Concerns are growing over underage vaping has Michigan lawmakers taking action to crack down on the sellers.
The Monroe News: In 2023, when nationally recognized speaker Officer Jermaine Galloway visited Monroe County, he said vaping is now an epidemic among American youth.
WSJM: Benton Harbor City Commissioners have approved a resolution calling on the Michigan Legislature to ban flavored tobacco products.
MLIVE: Ann Arbor is calling on the Michigan Legislature to end the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, or at least give the city the power the ban them locally.
CBS Detroit: The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved during its June meeting on Wednesday a resolution to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products across the state.
The Detroit News: Kassie Weje, a 16-year-old junior at University High School in Ferndale, said her little sister was first exposed to other kids vaping at school when she was in fifth grade.
WEBSITES
M[END]THOL is a call to action to end the influence of menthol and all flavored tobacco products on multiple levels. We want to END the use of menthol and other flavors as an additive to mask the harmful effects of cigarettes. We want to END the sale of these products, particularly in the Black, Hispanic, and LGBT communities. And we want to END the legalization of using menthol and other flavors in any tobacco product.
Truth Initiatives’s This is Quitting Program
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: Reducing Commercial Tobacco Use in Michigan
American Heart Association - Tobacco Retail Licensure: Use the map to view information about Michigan.
Mission: To strengthen Michigan’s tobacco control laws, keep tobacco products out of the hands of youth and help adults quit. Youth tobacco usage is far too high and we are committed to changing this trend and getting these deadly products out of the hands of Michigan’s young people.
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