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.
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New tobacco controls in New York State will go a long way to prevent youth tobacco use and help addicted smokers quit. Yet according to advocates, to combat health disparities, NY "needs to stop the sale of all flavored tobacco products." https://www.wamc.org/post/anti-smoking-advocates-hail-new-tobacco-laws-took-effect-july-1st-new-york
A new review of the (substantial) literature on the harms of menthol cigarettes found that 11-45% of current U.S. menthol smokers may quit smoking in response to a menthol cigarette ban, while 15-30% of menthol smokers may switch to e-cigarettes. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/bc-mcb070620.php
A DC Circuit Court has struck down the cigar warnings proposed as part of the FDA's 2016 deeming rule. Some cigar companies are under court order to display warnings on their packaging, but others continue to sell products with no warnings of health harms. https://www.courthousenews.com/tobacco-groups-win-court-challenge-to-fda-warnings/