News & Events

• Event
  Smoke-Free Housing Virtual TrainingJuly 16, 2020
  October 13th – Smoke Free Housing Virtual Training:  Join this free webinar for property managers, owners, and landlords. Topics covered include policy creation, tenant and staff education, safety, health and monetary benefits, policy implementation, and advertising and spreading awareness.  Contact Brigid Heenan at Brigid.Heenan@Lung.org for more information and access! 
• News
  New York State ends use of Tobacco CouponsJuly 16, 2020
  “We know that higher tobacco prices are linked to lower smoking rates. Putting an end to the tobacco industry’s ability to circumvent New York’s high taxes on tobacco products is a win for public health statewide,” said Joseph Potter, director at the Tobacco Action Coalition of the Finger Lakes. Times of Wayne County #TobaccoLaws #NYS #Earned #Media 
• News
  TACFL in the NewsMarch 20, 2020
  TACFL’s Reality Check Coordinator, Abigail Clark, was able to spread the word on Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action. With the Coronavirus outbreak, all in-school activities had to be placed on hold, but please take a minute to read this article from the Wayne Times about Take Down Tobacco, as well as Reality Check. […]
• News
  TACFL Welcomes New Reality Check CoordinatorJanuary 16, 2020
  At TACFL, we have welcomed a new Reality Check Coordinator, Abbey Clark, to the team. Abigail holds a bachelors degree from Nazareth College in Public Health and Psychology, and joins our team at the American Lung Association as a Reality Check Coordinator for Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates Counties.  Abigail has the desire to motivate […]
• News
  Check out our September/October newsletter!September 16, 2019
  Our most recent newsletter contains updates on the vaping conversation in NYS, new tobacco-free spaces, and the Great American Smokeout, coming up on November 21st. You can also read about the group, Our Town Rocks, improving areas in Yates County. Click here to read the newsletter.

• Smoke-Free Housing Virtual TrainingJuly 16, 2020
  October 13th – Smoke Free Housing Virtual Training:  Join this free webinar for property managers, owners, and landlords. Topics covered include policy creation, tenant and staff education, safety, health and monetary benefits, policy implementation, and advertising and spreading awareness.  Contact […]
• New York State ends use of Tobacco CouponsJuly 16, 2020
  “We know that higher tobacco prices are linked to lower smoking rates. Putting an end to the tobacco industry’s ability to circumvent New York’s high taxes on tobacco products is a win for public health statewide,” said Joseph Potter, director […]
• TACFL in the NewsMarch 20, 2020
  TACFL’s Reality Check Coordinator, Abigail Clark, was able to spread the word on Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action. With the Coronavirus outbreak, all in-school activities had to be placed on hold, but please take a minute to read […]
• TACFL Welcomes New Reality Check CoordinatorJanuary 16, 2020
  At TACFL, we have welcomed a new Reality Check Coordinator, Abbey Clark, to the team. Abigail holds a bachelors degree from Nazareth College in Public Health and Psychology, and joins our team at the American Lung Association as a Reality […]
• Check out our September/October newsletter!September 16, 2019
  Our most recent newsletter contains updates on the vaping conversation in NYS, new tobacco-free spaces, and the Great American Smokeout, coming up on November 21st. You can also read about the group, Our Town Rocks, improving areas in Yates County. […]

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