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.
Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay and this year's theme is "“Grow food, not tobacco”.
According to the World Health Organization, "the 2023 global campaign aims to raise awareness about alternative crop production and marketing opportunities for tobacco farmers and encourage them to grow sustainable, nutritious crops. It will also aim to expose the tobacco industry’s efforts to interfere with attempts to substitute tobacco growing with sustainable crops, thereby contributing to the global food crisis.”
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BE A LEADER!
Yes, even you can start a movement to optimize the health of your community. Lead the way on No Menthol Sunday.
More information available now on NoMentholSunday.org
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The tobacco industry has never cared about your health. And just because 'everyone is doing it', doesn't mean you have to do it too.
Dare to be different on No Menthol Sunday and start your quit journey today!
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