Tobacco Control

The Health Department launched a new educational campaign to alert consumers to a deceptive marketing technique the tobacco industry is using to evade the federal ban on package labels such as “light,” “low-tar” and “mild.”

Color Coding of Cigarette Packs

Color Coding of Cigarette Packs - Español

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Did you know …

• 959,000 New Yorkers are still smoking
  
• 7,200 New Yorkers die from smoking-related illnesses every year - more than 19 every day
  
• Most New Yorkers who smoked have already quit
  
• If you are a smoker, quitting smoking is the single most important thing you can do for your health

For help to quit smoking click here or call 311.