Advancing Tobacco Free Communities HFM/Reality Check

03/31/2023

This week is Take Down To***co Week! For more information visit: to***cofreehfm.org, to***cofreenys.org, or www.to***cofreekids.org

11/16/2022

Tomorrow is Great American Smoke Out. To highlight the importance of this day, ATFC partnered with Montgomery County Cares and St. Mary's Healthcare, Amsterdam's Cancer Prevention in Action program (CPiA) to write a letter to the editor of The Daily Gazette of Schenectady. You can read the article at the link below and to find out more about Great American Smoke out visit American Cancer Society

Congrats Gov. Hochul; time to get to work Dear Gov. Hochul: Congratulations on your victory. I voted for you, as your opponent’s views on elections and the people’s will seem to differ from mine. Now it’s time for you to get down to doing the things that we elected you to do, because as I’m ...

10/13/2022

October 13th is Annual Seen Enough To***co Day, and this year it is a time to tell big to***co to stop marketing to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Big To***co has advertised in gay publications to depict to***co use as a normal part of the LGBT community life, they’ve sponsored Pride festivals, funded HIV/AIDS service organizations, participated in giveaways and hosted LGBT bar nights.

Learn more at to***cofreehfm.org and notjustmenthol.org

10/01/2022

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and this year it is a time to highlight the impact big to***co has had on the LGBTQ+ community.
Each year, tens of thousands of LGBTQIA+ lives are cut short by to***co, and the higher smoking rates can be attributed to the to***co industry’s aggressive marketing of menthol-flavored to***co products.

Learn more at to***cofreehfm.org and notjustmenthol.org