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“The bottom line is that the creation of smokefree environments
for indoor places is the only public policy solution to the problem
of exposure to secondhand smoke.”
-Fundamentals of Clean Indoor
Air Policies
Next month in exchange...
The power of collaboration! |
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It’s exhilarating
to watch as a baseball team builds momentum during a season—the
players’ actions are in sync and the excitement and energy
of the crowd can carry a team to victory. This kind of momentum,
energy and success is no stranger to tobacco control, especially
with local Clean Indoor Air initiatives (CIA).
In
this issue of extra!
we bring you and your team the tools for success in eliminating
secondhand smoke—it’s like spring training for CIA.
We highlight the challenges you’ll encounter in developing
and implementing effective smokefree policies, translate the latest
research about establishing CIA regulations into practical steps
for building a local smokefree initiative from the ground up, and
give you an inside glance at how Massachusetts communities used
accepted best practices to build on a local initiative and turn
it into a home run for the state.
We know CIA policies work to lower the actual number of cigarettes
smoked and effectively protect everyone from tobacco smoke. And
we know that the local level is the best place to start because
the industry has a much harder time blocking local action.
Let’s swing for the fences with Clean Indoor Air in our communities
and make everyone a winner.
Dearell Niemeyer, MPH
Director, Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium |
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month in extra! . . . |
Get
the facts from ttac!
Link here to view Know
Your Opposition, a tool to help you recognize strategies
the tobacco industry uses to weaken Clean Indoor Air regulations.
Resource spotlight
ttac
brings you a special look at Tobacco
Scam, a top-notch tool designed to educate tobacco
control advocates and members of the hospitality industry
about the benefits of Clean Indoor Air ordinances.
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The
Praxis Project’s Training Schedule |
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Call
for Entries! Share What Works: NACCHO’s Model Practices
Awards Program and Database |
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soon . . . |
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ANR’s
“Smokefree Air is a Union Issue” |
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Addressing
tobacco as a Public Health Issue Conference, Integrating
and Sustaining Tobacco Control: The Next Generation, March
31 – April 1, 2004 |
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Editor
Alison Sipler, MPH, CHES
Managing
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Madeline Barrow, MEd
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Samantha Helfert, MLS
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