Provides prevention programs for youth that focus on healthy alternatives, developing positive life skills, and other activities aimed at a drug-free lifestyle.

Provides primary prevention programs and services to build and sustain good health and improve the overall lifestyles of soldiers, family members, retirees, and DA civilians. Services include fitness testing, metabolic and body composition assessments, and stress management classes.

Offers individuals who are trying to stop smoking an intensive 5 week stop-smoking class focusing on behavior changes and medication use. Group or individual quit programs are available. Please call for exact dates and times.

Offers a smoking cessation program specifically designed for adults desiring to quit smoking. Teaches skills and techniques that have proven to help smokers quit in a group clinic setting or through an online program and self-help book.

Provides information to help anyone who wants to quit smoking, along with smoking ordinances and the law.

Conducts numerous programs for the community, school and public organizations throughout Suffolk County, and operates the Suffolk County Tobacco Enforcement Program. The greatest benefit from prevention and education programs is reaped when Suffolk residents make choices in favor of healthy living. Improving health behaviors is beneficial at every age. Staff works with other agencies to design programming and provide education in Suffolk County communities in an effort to prevent disease, disability and premature death. In particular, we are working to reduce behaviors that lead to the development of co-morbidities such as cancer, diabetes obesity and smoking/vaping. The office is a resource for schools, work sites and community groups, for the latest health education information. Call for detailed information.

Education and prevention about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs for teens.

The Cessation Center works closely with hospitals and healthcare institutions in Putnam, Orange, Westchester and Rockland to reduce the risk of tobacco related diseases.

Provides a bi-lingual, six session program for children ages 8-11 to teach them how to better deal with their asthma.

A comprehensive substance abuse prevention program designed to reduce the risk of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

Works to discourage tobacco use in the community. Initiatives include smoke-free housing listings, advocacy for tobacco-free outdoor air, and preventative education to reduce youth exposure to tobacco and tobacco products.

Provides state of the art program specifically designed for teenagers who want to stop smoking.

DBCH provides information and resources to help reduce the risk of smoking-related diseases, and ways to help those who want to quit smoking.

Provides education and support in areas of disease and injury prevention. Areas may include nutrition, dental health in children, STDs, worksite wellness, HIV/AIDS, cancer screening and education, teen pregnancy, family planning, lead poisoning prevention, physical activity, communicable and chronic diseases, rabies control, tobacco use prevention and cessation, and car seat safety.

The Health Department provides services and programs to help eliminate the use of tobacco products in order to prevent the many serious health consequences from tobacco use

Provides information to help anyone who wants to quit smoking, along with smoking ordinances and the law.

Erie County's ATUPA (Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act) Program is part of a comprehensive state wide enforcement program designed to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use, and to attempt to prevent tobacco access to youth less than 18 years of age. The program coordinator maintains an up to date listing of registered and unregistered tobacco retail dealers and vendors (including cigarette vending machines) within the County. All facilities are visited yearly by program personnel to verify that they are properly registered with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance to sell tobacco products; that proper signage regarding the sale of tobacco products to minors is conspicuously posted; and that tobacco products are properly and safely stored to prevent access to unauthorized individuals. Additionally, at least one compliance check per year with underage youth is done at each facility where tobacco products are available for sale, to verify that such products are not being sold to minors.

Laryngectomy support group for the WNY area. Members of the New Voice Club also visit approximately 40 Buffalo area schools each year, teaching youth how to avoid picking up a deadly tobacco addiction.

Substance abuse prevention program for Wyoming County. Professional prevention specialists deliver evidence-based prevention programs to Wyoming County school districts and communities. Programs include responsible server training, underage gambling awareness, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs training, substance abuse prevention skills training, teen intervention, and more. Encourages partnerships between traditional and nontraditional groups in the community such as youth, schools, probation, businesses, libraries, media, youth-serving agencies, and faith-based organizations, parents, and other concerned adults. Through such partnerships, this community-based coalition provides prevention strategies that target under-age drinking, cigarette smoking, vaping, marijuana use, prescription drug abuse, and use of heroin and other drugs.

Recovery Coaching program offers clients comprehensive support in all aspects of wellness and recovery. Working closely with certified professional coaches, clients learn how to build and utilize strengths to overcome potential challenges in sobriety.

Tobacco cessation services to both adult and adolescent patients.

DBCH provides information and resources to help reduce the risk of smoking-related diseases, and ways to help those who want to quit smoking.

Promotes the acceptance of non-smoking as the social norm. Strives to meet the goals of prevention, cessation, and protection by working through media advocacy, policy initiatives, and existing tobacco, education and control programs. Also provides newsletter, cessation brochures in English and in Spanish, and a cessation poster.

Recovery Coaching program offers clients comprehensive support in all aspects of wellness and recovery. Working closely with certified professional coaches, clients learn how to build and utilize strengths to overcome potential challenges in sobriety.