RealityCheckCTC

We are Reality Check of Cortland, Tompkins and Chenango! RC is a youth led movement in New York against the marketing practices of Big Tobacco.

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

Reality Check youth in Cortland, Tompkins, and Chenango Counties participated in World No Tobacco Day on May 31st! #TobaccoExposed #WorldNoTobaccoDay2022

[Dr. Kelly Henning @drkellyhenning]

#F1 is expanding its audience through the hit #Netflix show #DrivetoSurvive. If #F1 is reaching younger audiences through Netflix then so are F1's sponsors, including big cigarette companies, who’s aim is to addict young people to their dangerous products.

[North Carolinians for a Tobacco-Free Generation @TobaccoFreeNC]

Black Lives/Black Lungs: The Journey of a Stolen Leaf explores how tobacco companies' long-standing exploitative strategies are now applied to e-cigarettes. https://t.co/T2GGRXCjuK

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

From 2/7/23.

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

Our youth had a wonderful experience in Albany, meeting with staff from @annakelles and @SenatorLeaWebb's office to discuss their personal experiences with tobacco and vaping in the schools and communities they live in. #RealityCheckCTC

[End Tobacco Targeting @no_targeting]

Think that e-cigarettes aren't targeted to kids? Think again. With so many fruit and dessert flavors available, it's no wonder teens are attracted to vaping. #EndTobaccoTargeting

[AR Cancer Coalition @AR_ACC]

Sales of e-cigarettes with the highest levels of nicotine (5% or greater) have risen drastically in the past five years, with research finding that the price of e-cigarettes with high nicotine levels has decreased or not changed. To learn more, visit: https://t.co/nsOFbTci0q

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

New York State:
Virtual Town Hall
Tuesday, January 17th @ 6pm ET
Join us as we chat with local tobacco control experts about the impact of flavored tobacco on NY communities.

[NCD Alliance @ncdalliance]

🚭Tobacco giant Philip Morris ejected from Canada's government-backed COVID-19 vaccine collaboration.

ℹ️ One in six deaths by #NCDs is related to #tobacco.

⛔Time to say "no" to whitewashing in public health!

More👉 https://t.co/yLbZc5UfJV

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

Reality Check CTC is collaborating the with the Cortland LGBTQ Center to have a smoke free movie double feature! #smokefreemovies

[Truth Initiative @truthinitiative]

The #menthol in cigarettes enables smokers to:
☑️ smoke more
☑️ inhale more deeply
☑️ increase #nicotine exposure
☑️ hold the smoke longer.
More menthol concerns on @MayoClinic:
https://t.co/bvrIXSrAXE

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

Removing menthol in cigarettes will improve:
✅ public health &
✅ racial equity.

It’s time to act. @UNHumanRights #CERD, please tell the US govt, it’s time to #banmenthol.

Read more: https://t.co/OnRJ1uIaMy
@aatclc @tobaccofreedc @cancerLGBT @VitalStrat @CounterTobacco

[Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids @TobaccoFreeKids]

Big news! The next #TakeDownTobacco National Day of Action is confirmed for March 31, 2023. Save the date, start planning your event and follow @TakeDownTobacco for the latest updates!
https://t.co/E1N9rffXXO

[Take Down Tobacco @TakeDownTobacco]

"It's been a slow and deliberate process of constraining people's lungs, constraining their health, and it leads exactly to the same place: I can't breathe." - @KeithWailoo

More on the targeting of Black communities w/ menthol cigarettes (via @USATODAY)
https://t.co/zzpv0JJVU5

[Mobilize Against Tobacco LIES @Tobacco_LIES]

This is big news in many places across the country and I believe JUUL started the youth vaping epidemic, but they are not the driver anymore and hasn't been for a couple of years, time to turn our focus on disposable products such as Hyde and Puff Bar. #timetogo

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

On Friday 4/1/22, Reality Check CTC (a part of the TFreeZone CTC) held a National Take Down Tobacco Day event at Homer Intermediate School. Students were able to play tobacco trivia plinko, take selfies with anti-marketing statements, and sign postcards. #TakeDownTobacco

[SVPC Tobacco Free Communities & Reality Check @SVPCTobaccoFree]

Thank you to @warnerbros as they did not allow actor Colin Farrell to smoke a cigar as the Penguin in the upcoming #TheBatman movie. Even though Farrell does not think his smoking would influence young people to start smoking, studies have shown the contrary. #RateSmokingR

[RealityCheckCTC @RealityCheckCTC]

Fact: 81% of youth who have ever used tobacco started with a flavored product.
https://t.co/Yqpsss6TtN

[CDC Tobacco Free @CDCTobaccoFree]

Smoking causes one of every four deaths from cardiovascular disease. To learn more, visit https://t.co/N6zYMnXMgo. #AmericanHeartMonth

[SVPC Tobacco Free Communities & Reality Check @SVPCTobaccoFree]

We traveled to Canton Central School and set up a table during their lunch periods to recruit new Reality Check youth. Current RC youth played Tobacco Plinko with youth in grades 8th-12th. Check out the video below! https://t.co/wkD2vLc5hG
#RealityCheckofNY #TobaccoFreeGeneration