Current Initiative: Tobacco-Free Retail

Three important strategies have proven effective in reducing smoking – raising the price of tobacco, decreasing the availability of tobacco and limiting the prominence of tobacco advertising at retail outlets.
In this section, you will find highlights of success stories from Erie-Niagara retailers and actions steps you can take if you would like your favorite store to stop selling tobacco.
 
     
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We’ve Seen Enough. We Want Our Change.

Buffalo, N.Y. – More than 100 teens came together in Buffalo to send a clear message: They have seen enough in-store tobacco marketing, and they want their change. On August 11, 2011, Reality Check youth from across New York State rallied together to send the message that dangerous tobacco marketing should be removed from stores where kids shop. 

News coverage by Western New York broadcast media.

WIVB – Teens send message to big tobacco 

WKBW- Teens Demand Removal of Tobacco Ads in Local Stores 

WBFO – Teens unite against tobacco industry

WBEN – Hear a Roswell Expert discuss tobacco and teens.

YNN  – ‘We’ve seen enough’

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