Fact Sheets & Other Publications
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Tobacco-Free Outdoor Areas
Outdoor Air Model Ordinance
Model ordinance for New York communities prohibiting smoking and tobacco use in specified outdoor areas including parks, beaches, and playgrounds.Smoke-Free Outdoor Air Map and List
Map and List of New York municipalities which have adopted smoke- or tobacco-free outdoors policiesSmoke-Free Outdoors Toolkit
Smoke-Free Outdoors Toolkit
Smoke-Free Housing
New York Guide to Smoke Free Condominiums
A guide outlining the steps necessary to establish a smokefree policy in condominium housing.New York Guide to Smoke Free Housing Cooperatives
A guide outlining the steps necessary to establish a smokefree policy in cooperative housing.New York Tenants’ Guide to Smoke Free Housing
This guide provides information to tenants about their rights relative to secondhand smoke in a multi-unit building, and guidance on how to work with neighbors and property owners to reduce or eliminate secondhand smoke.Smoke Free Housing New York Landlord Toolkit
A toolkit for landlords wishing to adopt smoke-free policies for their property.
Retail Environment
A100 Cause and Effect: Tobacco Marketing Increases Youth Tobacco Use
Excerpts from the 2012 Surgeon General’s Report “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults.”B200 Influencing Youth at the POS
A set of factsheets describing the point of sale tobacco marketing problem and its impact on youth.B210 Retail Stores as Recruitment Centers
Fact sheet illustrating the manner in which tobacco marketing in the retail environment targets youth.B220 The POS Problem in Numbers
numbers, statistics, convenience, store, cigarette, youth, visit, marketing, tobacco, products, initiationB230 Marketing Expenditures Across Industry
Fact sheet comparing the point-of-sale marketing expenditures of the tobacco, junk food, soda, and alcohol industries.B240 Marketing Expeditures by Tobacco Industry
Fact sheet comparing tobacco industry spending on total marketing expenditures, point of sale expenditures, and price expenditures.B250 Tobacco Product Marketing at the POS
A power point presentation presented at the 2012 regional trainings describing the problem of point of sale tobacco marketing and its influence on youth.B251 Tobacco Product Marketing at the POS
Two animated PowerPoint slides from the 2012 regional trainings presentation that describe how the point of sale is an effective recruitment center and the implicit messaging associated with the point of sale.B260 Reducing Youth Exposure to Tobacco Marketing
Report exploring policies to reduce exposure to tobacco marketing at the point-of-sale through comprehensive licensing, zoning and board of health rules.C300 Tobacco Retail Licensing
Technical Report on Retail LicensingC310 Tobacco Retail Licensing Model Ordinance
A model ordinance for New York communities seeking to use licensing requirements to limit the number, type, and location of tobacco retail stores.C335 Countering Common Concerns: Prohibiting the Sale of Tobacco Products at Pharmacies
A document reviewing the common concerns related to prohibiting tobacco sales at pharmacies.C340 Pharmacies Send Mixed Messages: Giving the Green, Yellow, and Red Lights to Smoking
Fact sheet describing the problems associated with tobacco sales by pharmacies.C350 Tobacco Retailer Number, Density & Location: Effects on Youth and Other Vulnerable Populations
A fact sheet describing the effect that density, location and numbers of tobacco retailers have on tobacco use.C360 Just the Facts: Tobacco Retail Licensing
Fact sheet briefly describing the role tobacco retail licensing may play in reducing tobacco use.C370 Legal Issues: Tobacco Retail Licensing
Fact sheet briefly describing some of the legal issues to be considered when crafting a tobacco retail licensing system.D400 Tobacco Product Display Restrictions
Technical Report on Tobacco Product Display RestrictionsD410 Tobacco Product Display Restriction Model Ordinance
Model ordinance regulating tobacco product displaysD420 Just the Facts: Tobacco Product Displays
Fact sheet describing tobacco product displays, their function, and policy options that may reduce the harm they cause.D430 Effect of Point of Sale Displays on Youth
Fact sheet describing the particular effect that tobacco point of sale displays have on youth.D440 Point of Sale Display Regulation: International Successes
Fact sheet describing international implementation of tobacco product display restrictions.D450 Countering Common Concerns: Point-of-Sale Dipslay Restrictions
A document reviewing the common concerns related to prohibiting the display of tobacco products in the retail environment.D460 Legal Issues: Tobacco Product Display Restriction
Fact sheet briefly describing the legal issues to be considered when crafting a restriction on tobacco product displays.D470 First Amendment Fact Sheet
Outline of likely legal challenges and defenses to product display restrictions.E500 Tobacco Price Promotion: Policy Responses to Industry Price Manipulation
Technical Report describing the relationship between product price and tobacco use, industry methods of price manipulation, and policy options to maintain higher prices on tobacco products.E550 Tobacco Price Promotion: Local Regulation of Discount Coupons and Certain Value-Added Sales
Technical report and model policy to prohibit redemption of coupons and other price promotions at the point of sale.
Taxation
Cigarette Tax Evasion Technical Report
This report examines the major sources of tax evasion in New York State and analyzes related legal issues. It addresses untaxed sales by Native American retailers, online cigarette sales, and cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting.
New York State Law
Tobacco Use and Schools: Summary of Current Laws Applicable to New York Schools
This fact sheet summarizes the state and federal laws that address tobacco use in New York schools and on school grounds.
Recent Cases
Tobacco Control Legal Consortium Amicus Brief
Amicus Brief of Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, et al., in support of Appellants in 23-34 94th St. Grocery, Corp. v. New York Board of Health
Other Tobacco Products
E-Cigarette Fact Sheet
A fact sheet describing e-cigarettes, their legal status, and state and local policy options to address them.Hookah Bars Fact Sheet
Fact sheet describing Hookah Bars and New York’s Clean Indoor Air Act.
POS Toolkit
C350 Tobacco Retailer Number, Density & Location: Effects on Youth and Other Vulnerable Populations
A fact sheet describing the effect that density, location and numbers of tobacco retailers have on tobacco use.C360 Just the Facts: Tobacco Retail Licensing
Fact sheet briefly describing the role tobacco retail licensing may play in reducing tobacco use.C370 Legal Issues: Tobacco Retail Licensing
Fact sheet briefly describing some of the legal issues to be considered when crafting a tobacco retail licensing system.Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy Brochure
Brief description of the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy and its staff.D420 Just the Facts: Tobacco Product Displays
Fact sheet describing tobacco product displays, their function, and policy options that may reduce the harm they cause.D430 Effect of Point of Sale Displays on Youth
Fact sheet describing the particular effect that tobacco point of sale displays have on youth.D440 Point of Sale Display Regulation: International Successes
Fact sheet describing international implementation of tobacco product display restrictions.D460 Legal Issues: Tobacco Product Display Restriction
Fact sheet briefly describing the legal issues to be considered when crafting a restriction on tobacco product displays.Power Point Notetaking Packet
PDF version of Power Point slides with space for notes.Power Point Slides
This is a PDF document containg full-scale versions of the slides included in the Point of Sale toolkit.
Vermont
Addressing the Point of Sale: Options for Reducing Youth Tobacco Use in Vermont
Technical report discussing policy options for reducing youth tobacco use.Creating Smoke Free Spaces: Policy Options to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Tobacco Use in Vermont
Report exploring policies to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and tobacco use in Vermont.Educating Community Leaders Powerpoint Template
A powerpoint template developed to support Vermont’s Community Coalitions as they educate community leaders on the problem of point-of-sale marketing. This powerpoint was created as part of the Community Leaders Toolkit.Educating Community Leaders Toolkit
Materials designed to support Vermont’s Community Coalitions as they plan and prepare for meetings and educate community leaders.Vermont POS Toolkit
A set of factsheets describing the point of sale tobacco marketing problem and its impact on youth.Vermont’s Legal Landscape
Report describing the legal framework of Vermont’s tobacco control laws.
Federal Law
Participatory Rulemaking: A Guide to Locating and Commenting on Proposed Federal Regulations
A Ways & Means guide describing how to comment on proposed federal regulation.