Public Health Solutions provides administrative support to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for this New York State grant. The program works with communities to heighten awareness of the health dangers of smoking and encourage the taking of positive steps toward avoiding tobacco use and exposure to second hand smoke.It teaches them about the negative health consequences of exposure to second-hand smoke; it focuses on decreasing the social acceptability and desirability of tobacco use; and it promotes ways to quit smoking.

Program Director, Joanne Koldare
Director, Public Health Program Management and Operations, Barbara Silver