February 22 saw a successful tobacco-free advocacy Day at the Capitol. Nearly 300 advocates and young people from all around the state traveled to St. Paul to meet with lawmakers and discuss policy ideas for preventing kids from smoking. The […]

ClearWay Minnesota is conducting a marketing agency search. We are releasing a Request for Information (RFI) as a first step to identify a marketing agency to begin work in January 2018. We are seeking an agency or agencies with strong […]

This past month saw the release of a new report on the harms caused by tobacco use in Minnesota. Compiled by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Health Care Costs and Smoking in Minnesota: The Bottom Line estimates how many […]

While Minnesota continues to make progress in reducing smoking, a new ad campaign reminds Minnesotans that we can and should do more to prevent kids from becoming addicted to tobacco. Today we are launching an ad campaign called Stop the Start […]

Researchers from ClearWay Minnesota and the Minnesota Department of Health this week released an article in Minnesota Medicine concluding that raising the state’s tobacco age to 21 would have important health benefits. Their calculations suggest raising the age would prevent thousands of […]

Today U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new report highlighting health concerns about e-cigarette use by young people. An increasing number of youth in Minnesota use e-cigarettes, and although lawmakers have taken some steps to protect them from potential harms, […]

Add Shoreview to the small but growing list of cities that have taken the step of restricting sales of candy- and fruit-flavored tobacco products to adult-only tobacco stores. Last night, Shoreview’s City Council voted unanimously to join Minneapolis and St. Paul […]

At ClearWay Minnesota, we place a high priority on dissemination of ClearWay Minnesota-funded research and programs. We encourage our grantees to explore opportunities to publicize and share their findings, and we are pleased to report two recent examples of ClearWay […]

We are pleased to share our Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2016 (covering July 2015 through June 2016). The report highlights our activities in areas of public affairs, marketing and communications, community development, cessation and research. These highlights include: The launch […]

Yesterday, Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation, a coalition of organizations working to prevent youth smoking in our state, released a statement on the new Minnesota Student Survey. ClearWay Minnesota is a member and official co-chair of the coalition. Minnesotans for […]