Tobacco Free Zones -- T-Free: Tobacco Free Tompkins

How Tobacco Free (T-Free) Zones help fight tobacco addiction in Tompkins and Cortland Counties

1. Keeps the air smoke free
Any amount of secondhand smoke is a health risk, especially for children and those with heart or lung disease. Use T-Free Zones to show safe areas around building entryways and other outdoor areas.

2. Supports those who want to quit
About 16,000 Tompkins County adults are regular smokers. Half say they want to quit. In Cortland County over half of the 9,000+ adults who are regular smokers say they want to quit. T-Free Zones provide a no smoking area that can help smokers control the urge to have a cigarette.

3. Helps teens beat the tobacco trap
We cannot afford another generation of tobacco addiction. Yet, tobacco use is still promoted as socially desirable and free spirited. Your T-Free Zone builds support for teens’ struggle to make healthy choices even with the tobacco industry marketing machine in their face.

The price of tobacco addiction in NYS

Deaths caused by smoking (NYS)	25,500/ yr
Adults currently suffering with a smoking illness (NYS est.)	500,000
State tax on cigarettes (NYS)	$1.50/ pack
State Medicaid payments needed to treat disease caused by smoking (NYS)	$8.45/ pack
Industry spending on cigarette marketing (U.S.)	$36 million/ day = $13.1 Billion/ year

Click here to view a fact sheet on the economic burden of tobacco use in Tompkins County

Post a T-Free Zone sticker

Show your support for a community-wide effort to decrease the social and economic burden of tobacco use in Tompkins County.

Make changes in the way you do business: more ideas for your T-Free Zone. CLICK HERE »

Tobacco Free Zone resolution passes Tompkins County Legislature, March 20, 2007. [ Read the resolution]

Display information for smokers who want to Quit!

Tear-off pad on a countertop stand for office, retail store or other display.

“Support for smokers who want to quit” provides toll-free phone numbers for cessation counseling and free nicotine patches, plus tips for making a plan to quit smoking. The back of each sheet has information about the T-Free Zone program.

Our 2006 survey shows that half of Tompkins County adult smokers are ready to quit now! Your support will help them reach that goal. Call 274-6712 or write today to request quit support tear-offs for your worksite or staff.

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Registered Tobacco Free Zones Last Updated 4/23/08


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*T-Free Zone registration offers the option to opt out of advertising and promotion for the program. Those requesting anonymity are tallied in this line.

Media Campaigns

The T-Free Zone campaign kicks off in July 2006.
• Read the Press Release (July 10 06)
• Read about the 2006 direct mail campaign

Summer 2007 T-Free Zone media