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World No Tobacco Day 2023

For 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 Read More

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Not Just a Vapor: Big Tobacco’s Myth & Consequences

Written by Queens Reality Check Youth Engagement Manager, Ayisha Green In NYC, 8,000 public high school students smoke cigarettes. This Read More

2020: A Year in Review

A Year of Progress… For many people around the world, 2020 was a very difficult year – New York City was no exception. Despite the Read More

Like A Champ

Ryan Newman Nassau Community College Men’s Wrestling 2020 “I got my father to quit smoking,” said an overjoyed Reality Check teen Ryan Read More
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Press

World No Tobacco Day 2023

For 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 Read More

Op-Ed: The Work Never Stops in the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Read an op-ed written by Bronx Youth Engagement Manager, Saraswathi Cuffey, in the Norwood News. Read More

Big Tobacco must stop preying on minorities (letter to the editor)

Read a Letter to the Editor written by Staten Island Youth Engagement Manager, Elsabet Andemicael, on SILive. Read More

Spread Love by Breathing Clean – It’s the Brooklyn Way

Read an op-ed written by Brooklyn Community Engagement Manager, Julia Cuthbertson, on BKReader. Read More
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Events

Lunch & Learn: Tobacco-Free Policies for NYC

NYC Smoke-Free is hosting a virtual Lunch & Learn about the benefits of implementing tobacco-free policies in your business or faith-based organization. Join us on April 19th from 12-1pm. Register here. Read More

Lunch & Learn: Keep the Faith & Keep it Smoke-Free

July 14, 2021
Keep the Faith and Keep it Smoke-Free! We are kicking of our new Summer Lunch & Learn Series with a focus Read More

Virtual Info Session: Making Your Building Smoke-Free

October 20, 2021
Providing assistance to landlords to make their buildings smoke-free is what we do. Smoke-free multi-unit housing is now an established and Read More