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Earth Day: Quitting Tobacco Can Save The Planet
Everyone knows that tobacco kills people. But not everyone stops to consider how tobacco also kills the planet. The threat that tobacco poses to the environment extends far beyond the 4.5 trillion butts littered worldwide every year. Butts that are...
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Smoke-Free Movies International Week of Action
As the movie industry celebrates its best at the Academy Awards this Sunday, we are revealing Hollywood's best-kept secret: "Smoking on screen kills in real life." Many young people's favorite actors and actresses light up on and off the movie screen and that has an...
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Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities applauds Albany County Legislature for passing Local Law “I”
Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities applauds the Albany County Legislature for passing new measures on April 12 to protect residents of multi-unit housing from the harmful effects of exposure to secondhand smoke. Local Law “I” prohibits smoking and vaping of...
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Take Down Tobacco Day 2021
Today is Take Down Tobacco Day! For most of us, April Fool’s Day comes once a year but for the tobacco industry every day is April Fool’s Day. That’s because every day tobacco companies work overtime to fool young people into trying their deadly products. The future...
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Tobacco Control #SavesLivesSavesMoney
Reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke can save lives and save money for New Yorkers. Each year, 22,000 New York residents die from smoking-related diseases, and for every person who dies from smoking, at least 30 people live with serious smoking...