Tobacco Industry Influence Where we Shop

…most visible location in stores–directly behind the checkout counter. Marketing strategies On the heels of these restrictions, stores that sell tobacco became the primary focus of tobacco industry marketing. Marketing

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Teens against tobacco

…to record-low youth and adult smoking rates in NYS. https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/program_components.htm Smoking kills about 28,000 adult New Yorkers every year. About 750,000 adults in NYS live with serious smoking-related illness. Tobacco use is the leading…

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Tobacco Marketing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW0sB8kiero&feature=youtu.be By exposing the tobacco industry’s current marketing strategies, we can stop them in their tracks. “From the 1950s to the present, different defendants, at different times and…

Tobacco Use Where We Play

tobacco-free living. Being responsive to the majority of NYS residents who support tobacco-free parks, beaches and other outdoor recreational areas. See a list of Tobacco-Free Spaces in NYS: Find Tobacco-Free…

Tobacco Use Where We Work

…Advancing Tobacco Free Communities are working with businesses to create more entryway and workplace smoking policies. Currently over 460 businesses in New York State have passed regulations restricting tobacco use…

Smoke- Vape- and Tobacco-Free Colleges

…our Steps to a Tobacco-Free Policy Adoption Checklist in our Tobacco-Free Colleges Guide. https://tobaccofreenys.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tobacco-Free-College-Campus-Guide.pdf Download the infographic For more information: https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/program_components.htm  To find the contact information for your community: https://tobaccofreenys.org/contact-us/  …

Legislative Education

…to record-low youth and adult smoking rates in NYS. https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/program_components.htm The New York State Tobacco Control Program Overview (2/2024) The Human Cost of Tobacco in New York State (2/2024) The…

The Issue

…social injustice of tobacco marketing, and engage local stakeholders to promote community changes that limit the tobacco industry’s presence, de-normalize tobacco use and eliminate secondhand smoke. References to tobacco on…

Tobacco Imagery on Screen

…with shows like Stranger Things, Ozark and Outer Banks exposing teens and young adults to hundreds of tobacco depictions. Why an R-rating? Rating all future productions with tobacco imagery R…