Stacey Younger Gagosian has worked in politics and policy for more than 20 years. As the Vice President of public policy at Truth Initiative, she develops and promotes policies to prevent youth from using tobacco and to help tobacco users quit. As part of her work, she has published three articles focusing on flavored tobacco products.
Gagosian has served on the advisory boards of several organizations. From 2003 until 2008, she was the legislative associate at the National Breast Cancer Coalition, successfully working to secure research funding and passing legislation requiring more research into the environmental causes of breast cancer. Previously, she worked on Capitol Hill in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. She has held positions including a fundraising manager for a Senate campaign and outreach coordinator at the Close Up Foundation. Gagosian has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College.
You may have seen news about low nicotine cigarettes. That’s because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) already authorized one brand of low nicotine cigarettes. The FDA has also indicated that it plans to create a rule that would require ALL cigarettes to have non-addictive levels of nicotine. Requiring all […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been urged to remove menthol cigarettes from the shelves for over a decade. In April 2022, the FDA released proposed rules to remove menthol from cigarettes and all flavors, including menthol, from cigars. This is a landmark decision that has the potential to […]
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