Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Times

Irving Lyons

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Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Times

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1. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:

http://tobaccofreekids.org/rep

Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Times

Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Partnership Newsletter

November/December 2010

Fall has officially arrived! It is time to turn

back the clocks and to change the batteries in

your smoke detectors. Also it’s a great time to

celebrate The Great American Smokeout

(GASO) sponsored by the American Cancer

Society (ACS) on November 18. ACS is

encouraging smokers to use this date to make

a plan to quit or to plan in advance and quit

smoking that day.

If you are a smoker or know someone that is

interested in quitting please refer him or her

to the New York State Smokers’ Quitline

(www.nysmokefree.com or 1-866-NY-

QUITS). They provide support and nicotine

replacement therapy (for those eligible) all

free of charge!

To find out more about GASO events in

Cayuga County check out page two of the

Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Times.

Warm Regards,

Deb

Deb Mendzef

Tobacco Program Coordinator

Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Partnership

TOBACCO IN THE NEWS

Tobacco continues to be a hot topic in the news. To read the current news articles for the

months of August, September and October click on the titles.

Note:

Local Media for Cayuga County is

listed with an asterisk (*).

10/15/2010 - Plain Packaging Snuffs Out Cigarette 'Cool' Factor For Teens

10/12/2010 - Tony Gwynn Has Mouth Cancer - Time To Ban Dipping?

10/11/2010 - Big Tobacco Heir Talks To Utah Students About Smoking Dangers

10/11/2010 - Secondary Smoke Linked to ADHD in Children

10/5/2010 - Secondhand smoke linked to breast cancer

9/30/2010 - Tobacco Firm Loses Legal Battle

9/30/2010 - 111th Congress Took Unprecedented Action to Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives and

Cut Health Care Costs

9/27/2010 - Children, Adolescents, Substance Abuse, and the Media

9/23/2010 - Fair would suffer if nonsmokers skipped it *

9/22/2010 - Secondhand Smoke Affects Communities *

9/19/2010 - American Lung Association: Smoking costs NYS $20 billion per year

9/17/2010 - 'Media Detective' Reduces Kids' Susceptibility to Alcohol and Tobacco Ads

9/16/2010 - Your Kids Buy E-Cigs; Do You Know What's In Them?

9/9/2010 - New Tobacco Products Marketed Toward Children

9/8/2010 - Smoking Rate Is Stuck At One Fifth Of US Population

9/8/2010 - Time to end smoking at New York State Fair *

8/30/2101 - Foundation and MTV Hope Campaign Is 'Dead On' With Youths

8/19/2010 - We can all help reduce teen smoking rates *

Have you heard about the newest trend

sweeping across New York?

Over 180 municipalities and a growing number of organizations and businesses in New

York State have implemented a tobacco-free policy. Do you want to know why?

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Researchers have found that secondhand smoke is harmful in outdoor settings.

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Tobacco-free policies can reduce hazards associated with children and animals playing

with or ingesting cigarette butts.

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Tobacco-free policies establish a community norm that tobacco use is not acceptable

behavior for youth or adults within the community.

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A community survey conducted in June 2008 by

Cayuga County Tobacco Free Partnership

indicated that at least 79% of residents of Cayuga County support smoking restrictions in

public locations.

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Are you interested? If so, contact the Cayuga County Tobacco Free Partnership

(CCTFP) today! The CCTFP can help your organization or municipality with policy

development and signage all at no cost!

Sources:

1.Community Tobacco Survey of Adult Residents of Cayuga County (New York) conducted June 2008.

The Cayuga County Tobacco-Free

Partnership (CCTFP) is funded by the

New York State Tobacco Control Program

and is administered by the Cayuga

Community Health Network.

The goals of the CCTFP are to change the

social norms and to decrease the social

acceptability of tobacco use and to reduce

the burden of tobacco in our community.

The CCTFP reaches those goals by

educating the community and legislators

about:

o

Tobacco marketing in stores

and the impact of this

marketing on youth.

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The effects of second hand

smoke, tobacco litter and the

influence of tobacco use on

youth and our environment.

The CTTFP works with the support of the

CCTFP Coalition. The CCTFP Coalition

is a group of local agencies and citizen

advocates committed to creating a tobacco-

free society for Cayuga County. The

Coalition is open to all citizens and

organizations in Cayuga County who

support tobacco control.

For more information contact:

Deb Mendzef

Tobacco Program Coordinator

Phone:

315-252-4212

Email:

[e-mail]

Cayuga County Tobacco-Free Times - Page 1

Stay Connected With The Cayuga County Tobacco Free Partnership

http://www.cayugahealthnetwork.org/TobaccoFreePartnership.php