UC Davis internist Elisa Tong, who specializes in tobacco use cessation therapy, was honored at the Exceptional Women Of Color event in September. African American community partners at Sac Cultural Hub sponsor the event and they are also part of the Saving Our Legacy (SOL) Project: African Americans for Smoke-Free Places. The SOL Project works to adopt and implement smoke-free policies that protect people from the hazards of tobacco smoke and electronic smoking device vapor.
The Sacramento Bee names Elisa Tong one of the Top 20 AAPI Change Maker
Elisa Tong was named one of the Top 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Change Makers in 2024 by The Sacramento Bee’s Equity Lab and the Sacramento-based Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program (NELP).
In the Sept. 26 article featuring Tong, The Sacramento Bee wrote that she has “….dedicated herself to educating people about the dangers of tobacco, improving tobacco cessation programs, making inroads into racial and ethnic populations with high rates of tobacco use and drawing attention to how tobacco companies market to consumers.”
