
Obama Administration Takes Action to Protect Youth from E-cigarettes
Under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was given immediate oversight authority over cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and roll-your own tobacco. The law was…

Kick Butts Day 2016 attended by 77 youth!
On March 24th, CTFH hosted a Kick Butts Day event and rally at the Hawai‘i State Capitol. The theme for this year's Kick Butts Day was the Youth Council’s chosen policy priority: prohibiting smoking, including electronic smoking devices,…

New laws to tackle tobacco use launch with new year
Historic laws go into effect January 1, 2016.
Today, Hawai`i becomes the first state in the nation to raise the legal age to purchase or consume tobacco products to 21. This is a crowning achievement for the our public health community and…