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Community Spotlight Testimonial: Rivquah Caldwell
Hear from one of our community partners, Rivquah Caldwell, about the harmful impact menthol-flavored tobacco products has had on her and her community. Stay tuned to hear more from Rivquah later this spring. To learn more about the impact of menthol-flavored tobacco products, visit our "It's Not Just" menthol campaign page.

CDTFC Attends NYS Tobacco Control Program Partners Legislative Education Day at State Capitol
It was a successful day at the State Capitol on Tuesday, as CDTFC attended this year's NYS Tobacco Control Program Partners Legislative Education Day. CDTFC staff along with Capital District Reality Check youth and our partners from Community Health Programs talked with state lawmakers about how tobacco control efforts have successfully decreased New Yorkers’ tobacco use and smoking-related deaths and disease. However, substantial unmet needs remain as 28,200 adult New Yorkers still die every year from smoking. Learn more here. View pictures in our gallery below.

Tobacco products shouldn’t be sweet, cheap and easy to get
Menthol, along with other sweet, fruity and candy flavors in tobacco products make tobacco products taste better and feel less harsh on the throat, making them more appealing and easier for young people to use. Flavors also create the impression that these products are less harmful than they really are. More than 80% of youth who use tobacco products started with a flavored product and continue to use flavored products. New York State prohibited the sale of flavored e-cigarettes containing nicotine in 2020. But other flavored tobacco products remain ubiquitous. Menthol flavored cigarettes. Chew and spit tobacco in cherry, apple and peach. Little cigars and cigarillos in blueberry, grape and chocolate. CDTFC’s most recent visits to local licensed tobacco retailers found that the only flavored tobacco products available in...
