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
Twitter Feed
In the absence of federal action, state and local governments continue to advance proposals to restrict the sale of harmful flavored tobacco products. https://kdvr.com/news/local/proposal-on-banning-flavored-tobacco-in-denver-advances/
Today, @CongressmanRaja sent letters to 2 manufacturers/sellers of synthetic nicotine products, seeking information about the companies & their sale of these products, which are unregulated by @FDATobacco. #ecigs #syntheticnicotine @CenterTobacco @cdoug https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2021-11-08-RK%20to%20Minas-Puff%20Bar%20and%20Schuman-Next%20Generation.pdf
Cigarette sales increased in 2020 for the first time in two decades, with #mentholcigarettes representing more than a third of the market. Menthol products also made up more than half of smokeless tobacco sales. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-report-finds-annual-cigarette-sales-increased-first-time-20