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The Tobacco Action Coalition of the Finger Lakes (TACFL), a program of the American Lung Association, is a grassroots coalition of local agencies and individuals working together to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use and to promote healthy communities.  TACFL partners with the organizations featured on this page who all have a similar vision and Read More »

Big Tobacco has known the power of the media for decades and has a long history with the entertainment industry. The tobacco industry uses tobacco imagery and brand identification on screen to both normalize and glamorize tobacco use. Teens consume more media than ever Teens watch an average of almost 11 hours of media on Read More »

Tobacco-free outdoor public spaces including parks, playgrounds, beaches, libraries and municipal buildings are important to the health of our children and communities as a whole. Limiting exposure to secondhand smoke in areas of public access and recreation improves the quality of the air we share. Benefits to Tobacco-Free Spaces In outdoor recreational areas including parks Read More »

New Yorkers are well aware that living in a smoke-free home is one of the best things they can do for their family’s health and to protect their property. Increasingly, landlords throughout New York are adopting no-smoking policies to reduce fire risk, save on maintenance costs, decrease the potential for legal liability due to non-smoking Read More »

Employers concerned about their employees may be able to improve their health and help them be more productive by creating tobacco-free workplaces. Many state and local governments now require workplaces to be smoke-free. Making your workplace completely tobacco-free can have an even greater impact. Both tobacco user and non-user employees may be helped by such Read More »

Tobacco companies spend approximately 90% of their marketing dollars on point-of-sale promotion and price discounts. They invest billions at the point-of-sale because they know this type of marketing attracts the form of new, young customers who, because of the powerful addictive properties of nicotine, are likely to be life-long tobacco users. According to the Surgeon Read More »