It's Amanda Cady's job to combat smoking
Doina cigarettes online in Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties. But state budget cuts are making that job harder.
As Advocacy in Action coordinator for the state-dependent Tri-County Tobacco Cessation Center located at Faxton St.Luke's Healthcare in Utica, Cady helps area healthcare providers and employers with anti-tobacco strategies.
Budget cuts, however, have limited how much help she can give. For example, she can no longer give doctors free nicotine replacement therapy for their patients, and a college program disappeared statewide in June, she said.
“We could be making so much of a greater impact,” Cady said.
