Our mission is to make communities throughout the Finger Lakes region healthier places to live, work and play. We are committed to decreasing tobacco use and creating healthy smoke-free environments for all through several initiative areas that include:
Point of Sale Marketing
The tobacco industry spends over a half million dollars a day in New York State to market its products – and 90 percent of it is devoted to in-store advertising.
Tobacco-free Worksites
The workplace is a major source of exposure to secondhand smoke and vapor from tobacco products including cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
Smoke-free Housing
Secondhand smoke/vapor drifts from neighboring apartments and creates unhealthy living conditions for everyone in the building.
Tobacco-free Outdoors
Exposure to secondhand smoke in outdoor recreational including parks, playgrounds and beaches can be hazardous – especially for children.
Smoke-free Media
Teens consume more media than ever, watching an average of almost 11 hours of media in any given day and the media youth consume is often completely unregulated.
This highly relates to our 'Smoke-Free Media' initiative! This stat is surprising especially with the exposure and accessibility that younger populations have to videos like these.
One way we can combat this smoking exposure via media is by providing smoking warnings, and the negative health impacts of smoking.My Oh My! About a quarter (23%) of the year’s top 2020 Billboard songs featured smoking and vaping in their music videos, including “My Oh My” by Camila Cabello, “Party Girl” by StaySolidRocky, “Bandit” by JuiceWRLD, and “Heartless” by The Weeknd. Together, these top music videos amassed over 6 billion views on YouTube alone.
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Since the average smoker starts before the age of 21 years old, American Lung Association has created a a tobacco education and cession program targeted for this young population. "Not On Tobacco" or also referred as N-O-T seeks to address this growing problem by giving all teens the resources they need to break nicotine dependency and find healthier outlets. Check out the link below for more information regarding specifics on this program or how you can get involved, or share with someone who may benefit from this more holistic tobacco cessation program.
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January is National Radon Action Month, an annual observance that focuses on increasing the public’s awareness of the health risk from radon, which is the second leading cause of lung cancer. During January and throughout the year, the American Lung Association is encouraging radon testing for everyone, including homeowners, renters, real estate agents, building managers and school administrators.
As TACFL focuses on tobacco and that being the leading cause of lung cancer, we would like to acknowledge the second leading cause to this horrible disease - radon. Check out Lung.org for more educational information regarding radon exposure, detection and prevention measures. ... See MoreSee Less
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