It’s Not Just Campaign
Our latest media campaign is focusing on the disproportionate impact of menthol-flavored tobacco products among certain groups.
October 2023 Tobacco-Free Times Now Available
Our latest edition of the Tobacco-Free Times is now available. In this edition, we're highlighting our local education efforts, a new tobacco retailer licensing law in Syracuse, and Fire Prevention Month. Read our entire newsletter here:...
Tobacco Use Takes Disproportionate Toll on LGBTQIA+* Lives
Pride Month is celebrated every June to promote the dignity, equality and increased visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community. On June 3, TFC-DOS staff celebrated with the Otsego Pride Alliance at Oneonta PrideFest. Staff educated community members about...
World No Tobacco Day 2023
Today (May 31) is World No Tobacco Day. This year’s theme is Grow Food, Not Tobacco. The World Health Organization (WHO) is focusing on how tobacco growing harms our health, the health of farmers, and the health of our planet. According to WHO, the tobacco...
Get Ready for the Great American Spit Out
Next week, is the Great American Spit Out. Part of "Through with Chew Week", this annual campaign raises awareness of the dangers of using smokeless tobacco (chew, dip, snus and dissolvable tobacco) and encourages users to quit for the week or just one day. In...
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.
