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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Office on Smoking and Health. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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NEW YORK KEY FACTS

In 2015, 28.8% of New York high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes. Among New York high school youth, 8.8% reported currently smoking cigarettes.

PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO TOBACCO USE IN NEW YORK

There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. It causes stroke, lung cancer, and coronary heart disease in adults. New York is a state with strong tobacco control policies and one of the initial states to adopt a comprehensive smoke-free law. Since that law was adopted, New York has continued to inform efforts that protect residents from exposure to secondhand smoke. Upon request, the state provides research, data and analysis, and scientific consultation to communities, multiunit housing operators, hospitals, businesses, and colleges and universities that want to protect residents from secondhand smoke. For example, smoke-free policies in public housing authorities can protect residents in low-income housing from secondhand smoke exposure and prevent illness and death in vulnerable populations. In 2016, continued efforts by the New York State Tobacco Control Program resulted in 31 of 84 public housing authorities adopting 100% smoke-free multiunit housing policies, covering 19,848 housing units across the state.

For more information on tobacco prevention and control, visit cdc.gov/tobacco.


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Financing, Governmental Tobacco Use Cessation
Series:
National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) State Fact Sheets
Document Type:
Pamphlet (or booklet)
Genre:
Fact Sheet
Place as Subject:
New York
Collection(s):
Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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