
Calling All Advisors
Register your TRU and TRU+ groups for the 2022-2023 school year!
TRU
BY THE NUMBERS
7,900 new kids start vaping every day. [1]
%
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.