These Staten Island teens traveled to Albany to speak out against tobacco use | In Class column
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island youth and tobacco control representatives from NYC Smoke-Free at Public Health Solutions met with borough state representatives in Albany earlier this year to discuss the tobacco industry’s targeted marketing that attracts and addicts young people.
The teens met with Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, a Democrat who represents the North Shore of Staten Island and parts of South Brooklyn, in addition to Assemblymember Sam Pirozzolo, a Republican who represents Mid-Island, and Assemblymember Charles Fall, a Democrat who represents the North Shore of Staten Island and parts of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. They discussed how the tobacco industry’s marketing interferes with successful quitting attempts. Students highlighted local work with health systems to counteract the tobacco industry’s hijacking of the public health message.
