Breathe easier while enjoying the beauty of NY State Parks

Governor Cuomo Announces Smoke-Free Zones Expanded in New York State Parks

Physician speaks out: “Tobacco and pharmacies should never be together.”

Pharmacy Sales of Tobacco – NYTimes.com.

A tobacco-free campus has become an “expectation”

Oh, the times they are a-changin’. As U Minn prepares to go tobacco-free,  U Minn President asserts that “A tobacco-free campus has become an expectation rather than an innovation.” 

 

NYS Public Health Association President: Tobacco is not a normal product and should be covered up

 

Tobacco displays need a cover-up

Poll finds that tobacco display ban in England helped young smokers quit

 

Tobacco product display ban helped smokers quit, poll finds

 

Albany County legislator calls for tobacco-free pharmacies

Will Albany County be the first in New York State to prohibit the sale of tobacco in pharmacies?

Albany County legislator calls for ban on tobacco sales in pharmacies

CVS to workers: You must be tobacco-free and you must sell tobacco

CVS is telling employees they must be tobacco-free by May 1, 2014, yet continues to sell tobacco in its stores.   While it’s admirable to want to improve employee health, shouldn’t the customers’ health also matter to pharmacies?

CVS to workers:  Tell us how much you weigh or it’ll cost you $600 a year

Infographic: America’s Most Wanted Tobacco Villains

Take a look at the usual suspects and the new villains in this infographic by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

America’s Most Wanted Tobacco Villains

Capital Region colleges get ‘A’ for snuffing out smoking

Colleges get ‘A’ grade for snuffing out smoking

Bloomberg’s plan to put cigarettes out of public sight and prevent youth smoking

Already being done in several countries including Canada, Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to put cigarettes out of public sight would be the first in the nation.  Studies have shown that cigarette displays act as cues to smoke, even among those not explicitly intending to buy cigarettes, and those trying to avoid buying cigarettes.

Bloomberg in new push to snuff out cigarette displays in stores


 

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