The NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City is gearing up for Legislative Day 2012 on January 24^th in Albany. Read More...

Thanks to a tax loophole in smoking policies, cigarette addicts can roll their own carton worth of cigarettes for under $40. Read more...

Take A Walk In Our Shoes Tobacco Advertising Tour successfully completed its four-day run through all five boroughs educating New Yorkers about the way the tobacco industry targets their deadly products to our youth. Read more...

The number of New Yorkers who smoke has dropped to 14 percent, down from 22 percent in 2002.

To read more about New York City’s plunge in smoking rates, click here.

Addiction Incorporated is a compelling documentary about a young drug researcher hired by a tobacco company and unexpectedly discovers the ingredients of addiction and ignites a national campaign to have it regulated. Read More...

According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fewer adults in the United States are smoking cigarettes and daily users are now smoking less each day.

To read the latest CDC report, click here.

Children who live with smokers miss more school due to illness than those who live in households with non-smokers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. To read more about kid's low attendence due to secondhand smoking, click here.

Earlier this year, the FDA unveiled 36 proposed labels to modify the required cigarette packaging and advertising warning labels to include new textual statements with color graphics depicting the negative health effects of smoking.  This July, the FDA narrowed it down to nine health warning labels. Read more...

Most Americans are speaking up in support of smoke-free public spaces. A recent national telephone survey by Gallup found that 59% of respondents supported a public ban on smoking. Read more...

A recent Lancet study revealed that female smokers have a higher risk of getting heart disease than male smokers. Read more...