2009 News Coverage
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December 28, 2009
Watertown Daily Times - Support Christmas Seals, help fight against lung disease
December 20, 2009
Lower Hudson Journal News - Anti-smoking fight hurt by funding cuts
December 16, 2009
Staten Island Advance - Report: Island air not so bad after all
December 15, 2009
City Hall - City Suffers As Albany and DC Defund Landmark Environmental Laws
December 15, 2009
Associated Press - NYC air study: High-traffic areas most polluted
December 13, 2009
Newsday - Don't be skimping on tobacco control
December 8, 2009
Albany Times Union - Tobacco control saves N.Y. money
November 25, 2009
Public News Service- Budget Shortfall “Endangers Lives” of 12 million New Yorkers
November 6, 2009
Newsday - State cigarette tax is a health issue
October 22, 2009
New York Post - Use Snus, You Lose
September 15, 2009
Ithaca Journal - Readers React:Two County Residents Against Smoking Ban
September 15, 2009
NY1 -City Divided on Plan To Butt Out Smoking From Parks
September 9, 2009
Adirondack Daily Enterprise - DEC Approves Statewide Ban on Open Burning
August 9, 2009
Schenectady Daily Gazette -Help for kids with asthma sought
July 19, 2009
Albany Times Union- N.Y. delegation fights tobacco
July 2, 2009
New York Times - Soil in the City
June 17, 2009
Associated Press - NY diesel vehicles must cut emissions
June 16, 2009
Poughkeepsie Journal -There are options to LOOP fare hikes
June 8, 2009
am New York -Air quality a concern at parks near busy streets
May 28, 2009
Albany Times Union - Burn ban to exclude brush, limbs
May 20, 2009
Newsday -Reaction positive to Obama fuel-efficiency proposal
May 20, 2009
Journal News - Rockland to get permanent air monitor
May 6, 2009
East Hampton Star -Bad Air in the County
May 1, 2009
Times Herald Record - Dismal air report shows the need for urgent actions
May 1, 2009
Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Report: Smog levels high in Essex and Franklin
April 30, 2009
Rochester D and C - Monroe County gets and "F" for air pollution levels
April 30, 2009
Kingston Daily Freeman - Local counties fail ozone tests
April 30, 2009
NY Daily News -City's High on National Bad-Air-Day List
April 30, 2009
Elmira Star Gazette - Chemung, Steuben get top marks for air quality
April 30, 2009
Watertown Daily Times - St. Lawrence County gets A on State of the Air scorecard
April 30, 2009
NY1 - Three City Counties Share State's Highest Particle Pollution
April 30, 2009
WGRZ - WNY Counties Get an "F" on Air Quality
April 30, 2009
WBNG - State of the Air 2009
April 30, 2009
WIVB - Failing grades for air quality
April 29, 2009
Albany Times Union - New rules expose ozone threat
April 29, 2009
Buffalo News - Report finds region’s unhealthy air remains among the worst in the state
April 29, 2009
Newsday - Report: Suffolk gets F for ozone levels; Nassau's unmonitored
April 29, 2009
Journal News - Report slams Lower Hudson Valley's air quality
April 29, 2009
Times-Herald Record - Region fares poorly in latest air quality report
April 29, 2009
Utica Observer-Dispatch - Lung group gives local air quality a C
April 29, 2009
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island's air quality remains awful
April 29, 2009
Schenectady Daily Gazette - 3 counties get failing grades for air quality
April 29, 2009
Mid-Hudson News - Hudson Valley counties receiving failing grades for ozone
April 22, 2009
WIVB - Assembly rejects cigarette bill
April 22, 2009
WROC - Cigarette Ban Delayed...For Now
April 22, 2009
WHEC - Local reaction to proposed cigarette ban
April 9, 2009
Ithaca Journal -Regulate tobacco industry
April 8, 2009
Schenectady Daily Gazette - Regulation controlling tobacco products is a step in the right direction
April 2, 2009
Capital News 9 - Double whammy for those who ride the bus and smoke
March 27, 2009
Jamestown Post-Journal -Lung Association Disagrees With Outdoor Wood Boiler Claim
March 24, 2009
Journal News - RCC's campus smoking ban ignites debate
March 22, 2009
Schenectady Daily Gazette - Wood boilers debate heats up
February 11, 2009
Utica Observer Dispatch - Tobacco tax must be collected by state
February 8, 2009
NY Post - $10 a Pack! Now That's a Drag
January 23, 2009
Oneonta Daily Star -Don't heat schools with wood chips
January 22, 2009
Glens Falls Post Star -Group aims to ease asthma sufferers
January 21, 2009
Utica Observer Dispatch -Don't snuff out life-saving programs
January 21, 2009
Legislative Gazette - Mixed report for NY’s anti-smoking efforts
January 20, 2009
Money Times - Anti-smoking efforts going up in smoke in New York?
January 20, 2009
WENY-TV - New York Smoking Grade
January 19, 2009
Elmira Star Gazette - Anti-smoking group gives New York a mixed grade
January 15, 2009
Journal News -Lung Association gives state mixed reviews on smoking cessation

