HUD Housing Goes Smoke Free: July 30, 2018

As of today, July 30, all HUD housing is to go smoke-free, protecting residents in multi-unit housing from dangerous secondhand smoke. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, and in multi-unit housing, smoke can travel between units through hallways, windows, cracks in the ceiling, plumbing, and other routes. According to the CDC, Read More »

Reality Check Youth Participate in Seen Enough Tobacco Rally

Reality Check Youth from Waterloo and Clyde-Savannah High Schools joined other youth from around the state for the annual Youth Summit 7/16-7/18. Youth spent Tuesday and Wednesday having fun and learning skills for educating the public about the harms of tobacco marketing. On Thursday, the youth participated in a day of Guerilla Activism at Lakeland Read More »

TACFL releases November/December Newsletter

In this edition of our bi-monthly newsletter, read about the new addition to the Clean Indoor Air Act, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and the Great American Smokeout. You can also check out the amazing work our Reality Check Youth at Waterloo High School has been doing. Click the link below to learn more. http://mailchi.mp/6b2b624b61ea/9l36jze9m0-2490861 Read More »

E-Cigarettes Added to Clean Indoor Air Act

NYS has banned vaping anywhere cigarettes are banned. Vaping among high school students in New York State doubled between 2014 and 2016 and, like cigarettes, e-cigarettes are aggressively marketed to make them as alluring as possible. E-cigarette liquid typically contains nicotine, and nicotine is highly addictive and harmful to adolescent and young adult developing brains. Read More »

Geneva Housing Authority Board Approves Smoking Ban

Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015 5:00 pm By DAVID L. SHAW dshaw@fltimes.com GENEVA — Effective April 1, smoking will be prohibited in the 228 housing units managed by the Geneva Housing Authority. The smoking ban is included in the 2015-16 agency plan approved July 28 by the authority’s Board of Commissioners. The plan goes into effect Oct. 1, Read More »