Bronx Smoke-Free Partnership

  

Who We Are

The Bronx Smoke-Free Partnership, under the umbrella of the NYC Smoke-Free Partnership, is a pro-health advocacy group dedicated to helping Bronx County become a smoke free borough.  We have established partnerships throughout the Bronx with local groups such as, The Davidson Community Center, South Bronx Concerned Citizens and the Bronx office of the American Cancer Society, all of which are well known and recognizable organizations within the communities. We are a part of a city-wide initiative including the NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City, which is comprised of organizations representing the richly diverse communities of New York City.

 

  

Our Purpose

Our mission is to prevent Bronx County residents from needlessly losing their lives from tobacco use and/or exposure to secondhand smoke. 

 

We believe that:

  • It is unacceptable that each year thousands of Bronx children begin smoking, and hundreds will die from the addiction.
  • Protection form the toxic effects of secondhand smoke should be available to all Bronx residents.
  • Young and vulnerable populations in the Bronx deserve to be protected from tobacco industry target marketing.

 

  

Priority Issues

  •  Protect young people from tobacco industry target marketing and product access.
  • Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke for all who live, work and play in the Bronx.
  • Protect the public from deceptive tobacco advertising practices and misinformation.
  • Support effective, community-appropriate, comprehensive tobacco control programs.
  • Link Bronxites to affordable, accessible cessation services for all City residents.

 

  

What We Do

  • Educate Bronx communities and policy makers on the risks of tobacco use and secondhand smoke through distribution of credible, evidence-based information.
  • Advocate for policy changes to better protect citizens from tobacco addiction and disease.
  • Engage all Bronx County communities and organizations in tobacco control.
  • Provide diverse local residents and organizations with a venue through which to speak in one, amplified voice against the addictive and deadly results of tobacco use and propaganda.
 

Our History

Begun in 2009, the Partnership is currently funded through a grant from the New York State Department of Health.

 

  

How to Reach Us

David A. Lehmann, Program Manager, Bronx Smoke-Free Partnership

Tel: 718-466-8857

 

Deidre M. Sully, MPH, Program Coordinator, Bronx Smoke-Free Partnership

Tel: 718-466-8875

 

Kym Langford, Program Assistant, Bronx Smoke-Free Partnership

Tel: 718-466-8862

 

 

www.nycsmokefree.org