Policy Areas
Retail Environment
marketing of tobacco products drives youth initiation and health disparities–and there are policies to reduce exposure to this harmful marketing.
Tobacco-Free Housing reduces inequitable secondhand exposure to tobacco use at home.
Educational Messaging
drives community readiness for policy change.
Tobacco-Free Outdoors
protect the public from secondhand exposure and promote a tobacco-free norm.
Other Tobacco Products
such as smokeless tobacco, hookah, and e-cigarettes threaten public health gains.
Laws of New York, at the state and local levels, regulate the sales and use of tobacco products.
Youth Initiation
of tobacco use is driven by retail marketing in community stores.
Tobacco Litigation
is a powerful tool available to public health advocates to protect necessary federal, state, and local tobacco controls.
Health Equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to lead a healthier life.
Healthy Food Retail
provides individuals and families with nutritious, accessible food choices close to home.
Cancer Screening
can increase survivorship, reduce health care costs, and help maintain a healthy and productive workforce.
Featured Resource
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#PressRelease We applaud @AlbanyNYLeg @realbte @mpeterforalbany @joanneecunningh for passing measures last night to protect residents of multi-unit housing from the harmful effects of exposure to secondhand smoke.
Read more here: https://smokefreecapital.org/capital-district-tobacco-free-communities-applauds-albany-county-legislature-for-passing-local-law-i/
https://patch.com/new-york/bellmore/hempstead-town-passes-laws-restricting-vape-sales-tobacco-stores
The fight to stop menthol cigarettes is gaining momentum. @nytimes highlights progress at the national, state and local levels.
@FDATobacco must ban menthol cigarettes and stop Big Tobacco's deadly, decades-long targeting of Black communities and kids. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/health/methol-smoking-ban.html