New York lead the nation last year in implementing comprehensive tobacco and vaping control and prevention measures. So why does the Executive Budget proposal cut state funding for the implementation of these policies?
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Honor Commitments to Progressive Tobacco Control and Enforcement
February 10, 2021
Tobacco Tax Increases and Parity: A Health Positive Revenue Option
February 10, 2021
Tobacco product taxes decrease tobacco use, particularly among youth. They help reduce the chronic diseases that are the leading causes of death, and key comorbidities for COVID-19.
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax: A Health Positive Revenue Option
February 10, 2021
Revenue policy is not necessarily health neutral. Learn about how a sugar-sweetened beverage tax can support better health behaviors and outcomes.
Social Determinants of Health: What Factors Affect Our Health
Where we live, learn, work, and play often determines our health outcomes
Reversing the Erosion of Local Public Health Services
February 10, 2021
Underfunded But Undeterred: The biggest public health threat we all face is the erosion of support for the local public health infrastructure
The Function of Local Health Departments in New York State
February 10, 2021
Local health departments play a vital role in implementing public health laws and policies to protect our communities
NYSACHO 2021-22 State Budget Proposal/Recommendations
December 24, 2020
Building Emergency Response Capacity for New York State: Protecting the Public Health Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 FUNDING UNDERSCORES IMPERATIVE FOR RESPONSIVE AND PROPERLY RESOURCED PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES
March 3, 2020
Statement from Executive Director, Sarah Ravenhall
