March 2021 Newsletter
In March's newsletter, Tobacco Free Communities | Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) talks about the Tobacco Free Outdoors initiative aiding The George Landis Arboretum (Schoharie County), among others, into adapting a tobacco-free policy. The newsletter also...
February 2021 Newsletter
In February's newsletter, Tobacco Free Communities | Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) touched on how and why menthol is used to target the Black population, also including a 15-minute documentary link called Black Lives, Black Lungs that explains how the...
December 2020 Newsletter
In December's newsletter, Tobacco Free Communities | Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) reflects on 2020 and all the accomplishments we've had in the midst of what is arguably the biggest public health crisis of our lifetimes. The newsletter also talks about...
November 2020 Newsletter
In November's newsletter, Tobacco Free Communities | Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) writes about the majority of tri-county residents supporting smoke-free towns based on the Community Survey done with Siena College Research Institute, which can be read...
TOBACCO FREE COMMUNITIES:
DELAWARE, OTSEGO AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES
Tobacco Free Communities – Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties (TFC-DOS) is one of 21 contractors working to change the community environment to support New York State’s tobacco-free norm through youth action (Reality Check) and community engagement. The NYS Department of Health’s Bureau of Tobacco Control provides grant funds to St. Peter’s Health Partners in Albany for TFC-DOS.
TFC-DOS educates the community and decision makers, mobilizes community members around the problems that tobacco addiction causes in local communities, and helps decision makers understand the types of choices that they have to address these problems. Efforts are evidence-based, policy-driven and cost effective approaches that decrease youth tobacco use, motivate adult smokers to quit and eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke.