Written by our Staten Island Reality Check Youth Engagement Manager, Courtney Oliver for Take Down Tobacco Day 2024. Walking down your neighborhood, do you ever think about the number of smoke shops you see? Some may list seeing the trees flowing effortlessly to the happiness shown on pedestrian faces as they take their morning stroll […]
read moreWritten by Manhattan Community Engagement Manager, Stefanie Mercado Altman. We have all seen the lone person smoking on the sidewalk outside their apartment building. Seemingly caught in the drifting movements of their thoughts as wafts of smoke from a lit cigarette hit pedestrians passing by and creep in apartment windows. At this time of year, […]
read moreWritten by Brooklyn Community Engagement Manager, Julia Cuthbertson. January 1st can be a date that we anticipate eagerly or that we dread. That’s often because many of us use the new year as a clean slate, to put the past year behind us and begin anew with healthy habits. After a holiday season full of […]
read moreBefore moving into chilly autumn temperatures and activities, we want to celebrate our sunny summer interns one last time! Thank you to the 2023 intern cohort! We are so proud of your creativity and hard work. Check out this video!
read moreSharika Shithi, an 11th grader at Stuyvesant High School and summer intern with NYC Smoke-Free, penned a powerful message about Big Tobacco’s impact on young people and why it is imperative for everyone to stand together to protect the health of teens.
read moreWritten by Brooklyn Reality Check Youth Engagement Manager, Brittany Hale, and Student Interns, Fatou Wague, June Hong, Magnus Jackson, and Starr Sinclair. Y – Youth “By spending their time at the mall gathering signatures on giant mural, palm card pitching, and hands on activities and games such as cornhole, the youth implemented both work and […]
read moreNYC Smoke-Free proudly supports the LGBTQIA+ community. By having conversation and providing educational resources, we hope to empower individuals to make wise health decisions and to shed light on these exploitative marketing practices. The LGBTQIA+ community deserves to be celebrated, supported, and protected from the harmful influences of tobacco companies.
read moreFor World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) 2023, NYC Smoke-Free joined members of the Menthol Kills NYC Coalition, City Councilwoman Rita Joseph, Dr. Hazel N. Dukes of the NAACP New York State Conference, and other community and health advocates for a press event at City Hall regarding the negative impact of menthol tobacco products on New […]
read moreWritten by Queens Reality Check Youth Engagement Manager, Ayisha Green In NYC, 8,000 public high school students smoke cigarettes. This number is higher than expected, considering the decline in smoking rates. Smoking rates have been on the decline since the Surgeon General’s Report of 1964, when smoking cigarettes was linked to lung cancer. The following […]
read moreA Year of Progress… For many people around the world, 2020 was a very difficult year – New York City was no exception. Despite the life changing adjustments we’ve faced as a result of COVID-19, we continue to persevere. Here at NYC Smoke-Free, that means continuing to raise awareness of health disparities from the lens […]
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