by Webmaster | Feb 7, 2019 | News Updates
News Updates Tobacco Control Reps do a Reality Check with NYS Lawmakers New York State (NYS) Tobacco Control Partners and Reality Check youth visited Albany February 4 to talk with lawmakers about the success of their programs at lowering the NYS adult smoking rate to...
by Webmaster | Feb 4, 2019 | News Updates
News Updates Advancing Tobacco Free Communities: A Winner in Counter Tobacco Photo Contest Advancing Tobacco Free Communities-Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties (ATFC-DOS) was a winner in Counter Tobacco’s recent 2018 Point-of-Sale Photo contest. ATFC-DOS had the...
by Webmaster | Feb 4, 2019 | News Updates
News Updates E-Cig Use by NYS Youth Increased 160 Percent in Four Years After years of downward trends in the use of tobacco products among high school youth in New York State, there has been a significant increase in the use of e-cigarettes. Data from the recently...
by Webmaster | Jan 23, 2019 | Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor Controlling Tobacco Use January 23, 2019 – Times Journal – Cobleskill, NY Dear Editor, Last week Governor Cuomo announced a comprehensive list of budgetary and legislative tobacco control proposals for 2019, which included raising the minimum...
by Webmaster | Jul 25, 2018 | News Updates
News Updates E-cigs Most Commonly Used Tobacco Products Among NYS Youth An infographic focused on the burden of electronic cigarette use in New York State and related policy support was developed from data from the 2016 NYS DOH Division of Chronic Disease Prevention...