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 Tobacco Ads in Stores Increase the Odds Your Child Will Smoke
If that makes YOU mad about ads, you're not alone. Get informed. Get involved. Here's what you can do to make a difference.
Which area supermarkets will be the first to kick butts?
Sign a petition to end tobacco sales
in grocery stores.
Area and statewide organizations, in full-page ads
in the Daily Gazette and Times Union on April 2, 2008, Kick Butts Day, called on area supermarkets to follow the lead of other New York State grocery chains and end the sale of tobacco products. More. . .
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Act to Protect
Capital District Children!
More than 3,000 Capital District consumers want to make tobacco advertising and tobacco product placement less visible in retail stores. Add your voice to theirs - tell local retailers what you think.
Albany & Schenectady County Legislatures, Town of Glenville,
Pass POP Resolutions - See Resolutions, passed unanimously, encouraging tobacco retailers to reduce or eliminate tobacco advertising in their stores.
NYS Health Commissioner Petitions FDA to make over-the-counter nicotine therapies as easy to buy as cigarettes. More. . . |
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Save Money, Attract Tenants, Protect Lives and Property
Throughout New York State and across the country, apartment owners have begun to embrace a no-smoking policy as an amenity they can provide for their residents. If you are a landlord, tenant or realtor, learn more. . .
  July 24th marked the 5-year anniversary of the New York State Clean Indoor Air Act, which prohibits smoking in virtually all workplaces. Now, you can COME HOME to a healthier New York, too with resources on smoke-free housing. Let's work to make New York a place where we can work AND live smoke-free.
NY State Fair Grandstand Smoke-Free!!
 For the first year ever, the 16,000 seat grandstand, scene of concerts every day during the run of the fair, will be smoke-free. Enjoy! More. . .
 More and more area businesses, organizations, and local governments are saying "no thanks," to Big Tobacco. They've pledged to accept absolutely no donations, contributions, sponsorships. Nothing.
A BIG thanks to our most recent "No Thanks"signers
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Tobacco-Free Campuses
The national college smoking rate is climbing due, in no small part, to aggressive promotion by the tobacco industry targeted to 18-24 year olds. Are you a student, faculty member, or staff of a local college? Sign a petition for a tobacco-free campus. |
BecomeAnEx.org
EX is a free plan that will help you stop smoking. It’s not about why to quit---it's all about HOW. Created by medical experts and tested by real smokers or, should we say, EX-smokers. Join. . .
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Don't be silent about smoking.
This is your greatest opportunity
to save lives.
TalkToYourPatients.org
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Call 1-800-526-2595.
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