Press Announcements > FDA launches public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among LGBT young adults

Press Announcements > FDA launches public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among LGBT young adults

FDA launches public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among LGBT young adults

05/02/2016 09:22 AM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of a historic public education campaign aimed at preventing and reducing tobacco use among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young adults ages 18-24. Of the more than 2 million LGBT young adults in the U.S., more than 800,000 smoke occasionally. The “This Free Life” campaign is designed to specifically reach the occasional or “social” smokers in the LGBT community to help prevent tobacco-related disease and the loss of tens of thousands LGBT lives to tobacco use each year.