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 […]

ClearWay Minnesota is excited to release the following Request for Proposals (RFP) for local policy grants to create a smoke-free generation. This funding opportunity is aimed at organizations and agencies that have: A strong track record of tobacco control work, […]

This month saw several news items highlighting how menthol cigarettes are used to target specific populations. As reported in the New York Times, African American health advocates are reaching out directly to President Obama, asking him to acknowledge the role […]