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The manipulative, racist, and greedy tobacco industry is destroying the people and places I love. I’m outraged by the suffering, death, and destruction this industry has been allowed to cause and get away with.
Tobacco industry products kill 110 Californians each day – including people who don’t even use tobacco products. For every death, 30 more suffer from a terrible tobacco-related disease. Everyone’s health is threatened by secondhand smoke and vape. And the impact of tobacco products on our communities of color and low-income populations is devastating.
The youth vaping epidemic rages on as the tobacco industry hooks a new generation on highly addictive nicotine in candy-flavored products. Nicotine is brain poison that can impact learning, memory, and attention in adolescents.
Now, I’ve learned that cigarette filters are a tobacco-industry marketing scam. Filters, which don’t reduce harm at all, are made of microplastics that can contaminate our air, water, soil, and food. Studies have found microplastics in human lungs and stool – which means we’re breathing in and ingesting these toxic materials. And new research shows possible links to mutations in DNA.
I can no longer stand aside and watch the tobacco industry destroy my community with deadly products. I implore you to act.

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California has already protected people from other harmful products, and it's time to hold the tobacco industry to the same standards.

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The tobacco industry currently spends billions each year on slick marketing tactics and political influence so they can profit off death and disease.

Influence, manipulation & deceit

Even for people who don’t use tobacco, there can be deadly consequences.

Death & disease

The industry calls kids their “replacement customers. Big Tobacco sentences them to a lifetime of addiction and disease.

Addicting kids

This racist and unjust industry has strategically targeted certain communities with deadly products and manipulative messaging.

Racism & injustice

No one’s safe from the environmental damage and health risks from toxic tobacco waste and its plastic pollution.

Environmental destruction

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There are programs located throughout the state. Services they provide may include:
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<li>Quitting support programs or referrals to programs in your area.</li>
<li>Answering questions or concerns about the youth vaping epidemic.</li>
<li>Information and/or assistance in dealing with secondhand smoke or vape exposure in your community.</li>
<li>Assistance in implementing tobacco-free public policies.</li>
<li>Ensuring that tobacco retailers comply with state and local licensing laws.</li>
<li>Monitoring tobacco industry activities in your community.</li>
<li>You may view an <a href="https://tcfor.catcp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=projectDirectory.home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online directory</a> that lists specific services conducted by each program, including statewide programs offering technical assistance and trainings.</li>
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