Tobacco Free Network of CNY (TFN)

 

1 of 25 statewide Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities contactors working to change the community environment to support New York State’s tobacco-free norm.Our objectives are to:

 

• Point of Sale (POS): Reduce the negative impact of tobacco product marketing and price

 

• Tobacco Free Outdoors (TFO): Increase the number of local laws and voluntary policies that prohibit tobacco use in outdoor areas.

 

• Multi-unit Housing ( MUH): Decrease secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit housing, with emphasis on policies that protect the health of low-income residents.

 

• Smoke Free Media (SFM): Promotes policies that reduce tobacco use imagery in youth-rated movies, the internet and social media.

 

 

 

Who we are:

 

Joseph Wicks, MBA

Community Engagement Coordinator

Phone: (315) 343-2344 ext. 21

Mobile: (315) 601-4057

Email: tobaccofreecny@gmail.com

 

Kathleen A. Knopp-Haney

Program Coordinator, Reality Check

Phone: (315) 343-2344 ext. 23

Mobile: (315) 887-0016

Email: Co2RealityCheck@gmail.com

 

Erica Ward

Tobacco-Free Community Specialist

Phone: (315) 343-2344 ext. 10

Email: tobaccofreecoo@gmail.com

 

 

 

Tobacco Facts:

 

1. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States today, responsible for at least 430,000 deaths each year.

2. 7 of 10 smokers want to quit, but feel they need help.

3. Adolescents who begin smoking are 3 times more likely to begin using alcohol.

4. 89% of people who smoke begin by age 18.  Almost no one starts the smoking habit during adulthood.

5. 70% of adolescent smokers say they would never have started if they could choose again.

6. Tobacco is responsible for nearly one in every five deaths in the United States.  It is the largest cause of preventable death.

7. More than 400,000 people die every year from smoking-related diseases.  That’s more than from alcohol, crack, heroin, murder, suicide, car accidents and AIDS combined!