{"id":104270,"date":"2019-07-24T10:03:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104270"},"modified":"2019-08-15T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:01:08","slug":"bridges-welcomes-new-coordinator-to-tobacco-prevention-reality-check-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104270","title":{"rendered":"BRiDGES welcomes new coordinator to Tobacco Prevention Reality Check Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=252%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"104271\" data-link=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=104271\" class=\"wp-image-104271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-2.jpg?w=252&amp;ssl=1 252w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=122%2C150&amp;ssl=1 122w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"158\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3.jpg?resize=158%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"104272\" data-link=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=104272\" class=\"wp-image-104272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3.jpg?w=158&amp;ssl=1 158w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3.jpg?resize=77%2C150&amp;ssl=1 77w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-3.jpg?resize=153%2C300&amp;ssl=1 153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRiDGES Tobacco Prevention Reality Check Program welcomes\nKali Bushey as our new Reality Check lead coordinator. Bushey brings her\nexperience as a former Reality Check Youth Leader and ATFC intern, as well as\nlots of enthusiasm, creativity and dedication to the program. She replaces\nHeather Bernet, who advanced to the position of Advancing Tobacco-Free\nCommunities Statewide Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the last 10 years, the BRiDGES Tobacco-Free Program of\nMadison, Oneida and Herkimer Counties has worked with community leaders and\nyouth champions to help reduce tobacco use in all three counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization launched its next five-year contract with a\nnew Reality Check lead coordinator and the additional position of statewide coordinator.\nThe contract is through the state Department of Health Bureau of Tobacco\nControl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRiDGES tobacco-free program supports efforts to locally\neducate community stakeholders and youth in changing norms that lead to ending\ntobacco use among adults and children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sue-Julie-Rachel-staff-photos.jpg?resize=594%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sue-Julie-Rachel-staff-photos.jpg?w=594&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sue-Julie-Rachel-staff-photos.jpg?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sue-Julie-Rachel-staff-photos.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Sue-Julie-Rachel-staff-photos.jpg?resize=400%2C208&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BRiDGES Tobacco-Free Program of Madison, Oneida and Herkimer\nCounties will continue to be operated by community engagement coordinator Sue\nCasanova and Reality Check youth engagement coordinators Julie Hengst and\nRachel Johnson, with Bushey serving as new RC lead coordinator and Heather\nBernet coordinating statewide activities such as the Youth Leaders\u2019 Summit,\nLegislative Education Day, the Youth Ambassador of the Year Awards and\nstatewide media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary goals of the tobacco control programs are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reduce the impact of retail tobacco marketing on youth by educating communities about the manipulative marketing tactics of the tobacco industry.<\/li><li>Establish tobacco-free community norms through clean outdoor air policies by working with communities to create more smoke-free parks, playgrounds and beaches.<\/li><li>Lessen secondhand smoke exposure by working with landlords and tenants to implement smoke-free housing policies in multi-unit dwellings.<\/li><li>Diminish tobacco imagery in youth-rated movies by working for change in the rating system to require an R rating for movies that contain smoking imagery.<\/li><li>Decrease tobacco industry presence on social media by working with stakeholders and internet sites to enact and adhere to policies that protect youth from tobacco imagery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All counties in New York state have the resources of a\ncommunity engagement program and a Reality Check youth action program through\nthe Bureau of Tobacco Control. These contracts build on previous tobacco\ncontrol funded work which supports the region\u2019s public health efforts and\nprovides more comprehensive programing across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state Department of Health Bureau of Tobacco Control\nfunds BRiDGES Tobacco-Free Program of Madison, Oneida and Herkimer Counties to\nincrease support for New York state\u2019s tobacco-free norm through youth action\nand community engagement. Efforts are evidence-based, policy-driven and\ncost-effective approaches that decrease youth tobacco use, motivate adult\nsmokers to quit and eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke. The program is\nadministered by BRiDGES, the Madison County Council on Alcoholism &amp;\nSubstance Abuse, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRiDGES Tobacco Prevention Reality Check Program welcomes Kali Bushey as our new Reality Check lead coordinator. Bushey brings her experience as a former Reality Check Youth Leader and ATFC intern, as well as lots of enthusiasm, creativity and dedication to the program. She replaces Heather Bernet, who advanced to the position of Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-r7M","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/unnamed-2.jpg?fit=252%2C309&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}