Theresa Zubretsky, CDTFC’s Community Engagement Coordinator, who has been assisting local schools address their concerns with widespread vaping, talked with Benita Zahn for WNYT’s Health Beat on Vaping. View the interview online here and learn why the youth vaping epidemic can seriously undermine the progress that has been made to reduce tobacco use.
Theresa Zubretsky, Community Engagement Coordinator here at CDTFC, talked with Asa Stackel on WNYT’s Forum 13 to share the good news and the bad news related to youth tobacco use. Check out the interview online here and learn what YOU need to know about how to protect Capital District young people from the harms caused by tobacco use.
Thank you to the Rensselaer County Legislature for proclaiming Saturday, October 13 as Seen Enough Tobacco Day. Above, students from Columbia and Tech Valley High Schools accept the resolution at the October 9 legislative meeting on behalf of Reality Check, with Cara Zampi, RC Coordinator standing by.
On Seen Enough Tobacco (SET) Day, teens from the Capital District will showcase their unique talents to demonstrate through song, dance and art the ways in which they have “Seen Enough Tobacco” in their communities. The event will include games, giveaways and face painting; Girls Inc. will conduct hands-on experiments to show the harmful effects of tobacco use.
Join us on Saturday, October 13, 1:00 – 3:00pm at the Troy Boys & Girls Club, 1700 7th Avenue, for an afternoon of fun, learning and community action.
This free event is a community collaboration of Reality Check, the Albany and Troy Boys & Girls Clubs, Girls Inc. Eureka! STEM program, Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities and RAW GEN. Through the generous support of St. Peter’s Health Partners, a free meal will follow the event.
New York bans smoking in facilities that offer child care – Times Union.
It’s official! A local law passed by the Albany County Legislature in May to end the sale of tobacco in pharmacies and stores that contain a pharmacy was signed by Albany County Executive Dan McCoy late last week and will become law in 90 days.
Implementation of this new law will decrease the number of tobacco retailers in Albany County by 10%, eliminate the mixed messages to consumers about the dangers of tobacco products, and make it easier for smokers to quit and for pharmacists to promote health. Thank you, Albany County, for putting health first.
Read more in the Times Union or on WRGB.
County Executive McCoy bans nicotine products from being sold in Albany County Pharmacies | WRGB.
As cigarette use burns out, teens turn to vaping | The Daily Gazette.
McCoy signs bill to ban tobacco sales in Albany County pharmacies – Local Politics.
Senate Democrats aim to eliminate tobacco imagery in movies – ABC News.
Latimer Signs Tobacco 21 Bill into Law – Hudson Valley News Network.