Findings from the latest Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey (MATS) show that Minnesota’s progress in reducing smoking has stalled. The state’s adult smoking rate has declined to 13.8 percent, down from 14.4 percent in 2014. The decrease was not statistically significant […]

This month, ClearWay Minnesota launched a new campaign to shed light on the hidden harms of tobacco addiction. The campaign highlights teen tobacco use, the smoking-related costs borne by all Minnesotans, and Big Tobacco’s youth-focused marketing tactics – all under […]

ClearWay Minnesota is proud to release our 2018 Annual Report, commemorating 20 years of our work to reduce tobacco’s harm in Minnesota. The report highlights our history of activities in areas of cessation, marketing and communications, research, public affairs, and […]

This week, ClearWay Minnesota’s Board of Directors will celebrate our nonprofit tobacco control organization’s 20th anniversary. Founded with the state’s tobacco settlement, we have spent the past 20 years using proven science and innovative programs to reduce the burden caused […]

Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation, a coalition of more than 60 organizations working to reduce youth tobacco use, today issued a statement on the news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon ban the sale of most […]

Statement from Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation: As students across Minnesota go back to school, Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation warns that Big Tobacco may be in their backpacks. The coalition of more than 60 organizations working to reduce youth […]

QUITPLAN® Services has once again returned to the Minnesota State Fair for 2018! We always look forward to The Great Minnesota Get-Together, because it gives us the opportunity to speak with Minnesota smokers about how we can help them quit, […]

At ClearWay Minnesota, we partner with several tribal grantees to support their efforts to improve health, restore tradition and reduce commercial tobacco use among their people. This past week, our friends at White Earth Band of Ojibwe in northwestern Minnesota […]

This month, ClearWay Minnesota staff published a paper in Tobacco Control on the misappropriation of American Indian imagery and culture for commercial tobacco marketing. American Indian people have traditional tobacco practices that are sacred, but historically, the commercial tobacco industry has […]

ClearWay MinnesotaSM and the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota are seeking a qualified vendor to conduct a qualitative evaluation of the impact of menthol policies on youth. Applications are due March 1, 2018.  Please direct questions […]