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April 29, 2025

Two new tobacco bar bills were recently introduced in the Wisconsin state legislature, and referred to Senate and Assembly committees. These bills are similar to ones introduced last year. Read more.

These changes threaten years of progress. 

• Increased secondhand smoke exposure in public places.

• Unsafe conditions for service workers.

• Added confusion to a clear, effective, popular law.

July 27, 2023

Local Ideas Can Help Shape Tobacco, Nicotine Prevention and Control Efforts for Young People. Read more.

• WI JUUL Settlement Factsheet 

• JUUL Settlement Community Survey

• Register for a Listening Session  

May 3, 2022

Proposed rules would prohibit manufacturing, sale of menthol and flavored cigars. Read more.

• www.tobaccoischanging.com 

• www.nomentholsunday.org 

February 9, 2022

New videos launch for text line that helps teens quit vaping; An online course is also available for parents. Read more.

• Live Vape Free Program Overview

• quitline.wisc.edu/livevapefree

January 31, 2022

Wisconsin Fails to Prevent Tobacco Use in Three Key Policy Areas; Receives “A” for Smoke Free Air Read more here.

• Wisconsin Report Card

• www.lung.org/research/sotc

November 18, 2021

This year, there are more tools than ever before to help people quit. Read more here.

April 29, 2021

Today the FDA took a monumental step toward saving lives and reducing disparate health outcomes from tobacco use by announcing the ban of menthol cigarettes. Read more here.

March 29, 2021

Remember how shocked you were when you first heard about JUUL, the disposable e-cigarette that looks like a flash drive? Well, that’s a drop in the bucket compared to the many shapes that e-cigarettes now take. Read more here.