About

Tobacco Free Funds empowers investors to search their mutual funds for tobacco companies and the entertainment companies that promote tobacco to young people. We help you identify investment options that align with your values and build a healthier future.

We screen funds for two types of companies:

Tobacco manufacturers. These companies’ largest source of revenue and income is the production, sale and/or marketing of cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products. Five tobacco firms dominate international markets: Phillip Morris International, Altria, British American Tobacco (which owns Reynolds American), Imperial Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco. Tobacco manufacturers are identified using Morningstar's industry classifications.

Entertainment companies that promote tobacco in kid-rated movies. “R”-rating future movies with smoking will prevent one million tobacco deaths in this generation of U.S. kids. Hollywood studios and their parent companies, the nation’s best-known entertainment companies, are well aware of the public health risk, but continue to intentionally expose millions of kids. To learn more about which entertainment companies we flag as tobacco-promoting, see the FAQ.

Tobacco Free Funds is funded in part by a grant from Truth Initiative.

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Retirement plans

Retirement plans invest mostly in mutual funds, which are themselves invested in a wide array of company stocks and other securities. It’s not always easy for investors to investigate what’s inside the funds they own. Your retirement money may be invested in tobacco companies and entertainment companies that promote tobacco to kids. If you want tobacco-free options in your retirement account, talk to your plan administrator.

As You Sow

At As You Sow, we’ve been engaging major corporations on social and environmental responsibility since 1992. In 2015, we launched Fossil Free Funds so that people could see if their retirement was funding climate change. Since then our Invest Your Values program has released free sustainable investing tools on environmental and social issues like gender equality, deforestation, and more. We are committed to transparency, corporate accountability, and empowering individuals to take control of their investments.

How Tobacco Free Funds Works

Look up mutual funds using up-to-date Morningstar data
We analyze your investments for tobacco stocks
See how much exposure they have to tobacco and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

See how it works

Use our action toolkit

Learn how to make a change and invest tobacco free
Ask your financial advisor about socially responsible investments
Push your employer to provide tobacco free 401(k) options

View the action toolkit

Visit our media page

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Disclaimer: As You Sow is not an investment adviser

As You Sow is not an investment adviser as that term is defined under federal and state (California) laws and regulations. As You Sow is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering shareholders to change corporations for the good through the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant information to the public, free of charge. As You Sow does not provide financial planning, legal or tax advice. Nothing on this website shall constitute or be construed as an offering of financial instruments, or as investment advice or investment recommendations.
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