The Lung Association’s report card on tobacco control, its 10th annual, monitors progress on key tobacco control policies at the federal and state levels and assigns grades to assess whether laws are protecting citizens from the terrible health burden caused by tobacco use.
“While some important steps were taken to expand tobacco cessation counseling offered to Medicaid recipients and some state and local laws were passed to protect more New Yorkers from secondhand smoke, the state took a major step backward by cutting funding for its Tobacco Control Program. An adequately funded program is vital to our overall effort to curb tobacco use and save lives,” said Jeff Seyler, CEO of the American Lung Association in New York. “It’s disappointing that just days before the release of this report giving New York a failing grade for inadequately funding its tobacco control program, the Governor proposes further cutting the program by $5 million.”
BUFFALO, NY – Western New York landlords are encouraged to create smoke-free housing through a six-week advertising campaign called “Clear the Air” sponsored by the Erie-Niagara Tobacco-Free Coalition.
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