June 2021 Newsletter
In June’s newsletter, Tobacco Free Communities | Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) focuses on Pride Month through an evaluation of statistics focused on high risk factors for LGBTQIA+ members, how first-year college students can help make their campuses...
May 2021 Newsletter
In May’s newsletter, Tobacco Free Communities | Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) highlights the NAACP's Oneonta chapter event discussing menthol's deadly impact on African Americans and the showing of the short documentary Black Lives/Black Lungs, as well as...
NAACP-Oneonta Event Highlights Menthol’s Deadly Impact on African Americans’ Health
NAACP-Oneonta Event Highlights Menthol's Deadly Impact on African Americans' Health By Jennifer Hill In collaboration with Oneonta's NAACP chapter, Tobacco Free Communities: Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie (TFC-DOS) staff presented Black...
It’s Not Just Campaign
May 16th is No Menthol Sunday and in collaboration with our statewide tobacco control partners, we’re launching a new statewide initiative that aims to put a spotlight on how the tobacco industry has aggressively marketed menthol products to African...
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.
