Take a look back at our first ever VIRTUAL Day at the Capitol!
Lung health has never been more important during these times. Take a look back at our first ever virtual advocacy event to see how TRU members showed legislators why tobacco prevention funding is so essential to our programs (like TRU) especially during this e-cigarette epidemic. Check out more by clicking below.
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E-Cigarettes
Let’s end the e-cigarette epidemic among youth.
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and vaping and educate others by clicking below.
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BY THE NUMBERS
%
24% of high school teens in PA use e-cigarettes. [1]
%
89% of cigarette smokers first tried smoking by age 18. [1]
244,000 kids in PA under age 18 will die prematurely if smoking rates don’t change. [2]
Teens joined TRU in the fight against tobacco in 2019-2020!
References:
[1] Census V2016 estimate; CDC YRBSS 2016; CDC 2014; CDC 2012
[2] Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. The Toll of Tobacco in Pennsylvania.
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