NYC Coalition For A Smoke Free City - Staten Island Smoke-Free Partnership

Staten Island Smoke-Free Partnership

WHO WE ARE:

The Staten Island Smoke-Free Partnership is a pro-health advocacy group dedicated to making the borough of Staten Island smoke-free. We believe that by providing additional resources and support to the diverse and vibrant communities of Staten Island, we can help connect and mobilize residents to share their voice in the fight for a smoke-free Staten Island. We are a part of the larger NYC Coalition For A Smoke-Free City, which encompasses all five-boroughs in NYC and includes the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and American Lung Association. In January 2010, the Staten Island Smoke-Free Partnership was created to provide a local and accessible resource for the Staten Island community on comprehensive and up-to-date tobacco control related advocacy work.

OUR MISSION:

We are committed to help prevent 7,500 New York residents from needlessly losing their lives each year due to tobacco use and/or exposure to secondhand smoke.

PRIORITIES:

1. Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke for all who live, work and play in New York City.

2. Protect young people from tobacco industry target marketing and product access.

3. Protect the public from the dangers of secondhand smoke in their homes and outdoor places of recreation.

4. Support effective, community-appropriate, comprehensive tobacco control programs.

WHAT WE DO:

· Educate community and policy makers on the risks of tobacco use and second-hand-smoke through distribution of credible, evidence-based information.

· Advocate for policy changes to better protect citizens from tobacco control addiction and disease.

· Engage diverse communities and organizations in tobacco control.

· Provide diverse local, state and national organizations with a venue through which to speak in one, amplified voice against the addictive and deadly results of tobacco use and propaganda.

Help Us Make STATEN ISLAND Smoke-Free!

· Become a Community Partner

· Help us Mobilize Your community

· Join our Cause and Voice- ask us how

· Join our Facebook page

· Contact us!

Contact Us:

Laila Modzelewski, Program Manager

lmodzelewski@health.nyc.gov or 718-938-2159

Lauren Brescia, Program Coordinator

lbrescia@health.nyc.gov or 718-420-5307