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Quitting tobacco
Northeast Tri County Health District's Tobacco Intervention
Program can help you quit smoking. To see if you qualify for the
program call 509-684-5048 or 1-800 827-3218. If you score between 15-30 on the
Assessment you will be approved to participate in the program. The Health District
will fax the approved assessment form to your Health Care Provider. Your
Health Care Provider will schedule an office visit with you to discuss Tobacco
Intervention.
New tools to help you quit smoking
The Washington State Department of Health’s Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program has launched a new on-line campaign to help
people quit smoking. Called “Dear Me,” the campaign is based on the motto: “no
one can make me quit but me.” Visit
www.quitline.com
for videos, tips and resources.
Making Washington a Healthier Place to Live Tobacco use is
the nation’s number one cause of preventable death, killing more people every
year than AIDS, alcohol, drugs, murders, suicides, car crashes and fires
combined.
While remarkable strides have been made in reducing tobacco use among youth
in Washington State since the Department of Health (DOH) expanded the Tobacco
Prevention and Control Program nearly nine years ago, way too many kids - 70,000
in our state alone – are still smoking cigarettes.
Overall youth tobacco rates continue to fall, but smoking among some groups
of young people remain high. And now many kids are moving into other types of
tobacco, such as cigars, smokeless products, pipes and flavored cigarettes (bidis).
Where are the disparities in youth tobacco use, and what should we be doing
about it?
You’ll find answers to those questions, and much more related information, in
the new Disparities in Youth Tobacco Use in Washington State report prepared by
the DOH Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. The report highlights key
findings in youth tobacco use rates and the relationship between cigarette
smoking and other behaviors and risk factors.
Youth Prevention - TATU
A Program by the American Lung Association of Washington
Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU), is a peer-education program in which middle and high school students are trained to teach elementary school students about the hazards of tobacco use.
A program that challenges teens to answer:
- Why has the tobacco industry spent over $100 million in Washington
State alone advertising their product? And why are youth their main target?
- Why is tobacco, the only product on the market that used as intended
will hurt or kill you, still legal?
- Why are cigarette ingredients not listed on the pack?
- How is tobacco the number one cause of preventable death?
Area Schools with Teens Against Tobacco Use - TATU
Ferry County:
Colville Tribe NA TATU in Keller (facilitated by Dianne
Sutton-Mellon)
Colville Tribe NA TATU in Inchelium (facilitated by Pam Phillips)
Keller School (facilitated by Diane Tonasket)
Orient School (facilitated by
Barb Krema)
Stevens County:
Spokane Tribe NA TATU in Wellpinit (facilitated by Terry Evans)
Kettle Falls Middle School (facilitated by Paula Gormon and Greg
Price)
Columbia High School, Hunters (facilitated by Suzanne Killings)
Mary Walker High School, Springdale (facilitated by Jane Laaker)
Pend Oreille County:
Sadie Halstead Middle School and Newport High School, Newport
(facilitated by Sarah Theal)
Register a Complaint
Report a violation of the Smoking in Public Places Law
The number of complaints regarding smoking violations has
decreased steadily since the implementation of the Smoking in Public
Places law in December 2005. In fact, more than 90 percent of bar
and restaurant owners and managers say they rarely receive
complaints related to indoor smoking.
Compliance with the law is the responsibility of the owner,
manager, operator, or another person in charge of a public place or
place of employment. Local health jurisdictions enforce the law for
bars, restaurants, and other places of employment, and local law
enforcement agencies maintain responsibility for enforcement against
individuals violating the law.
Register a complaint online
OR
To report a violation in the Tri Counties, you may call (509) 684-5048
1-800-827-3218 or (509) 684-2262 1-800-776-6207
Smoking in Public Places Law
On November 8, 2005, Washingtonians made a healthy choice by
voting to pass Initiative 901. The initiative prohibits smoking in
all restaurants and bars by amending the state’s 1985 Clean Indoor
Air Act. Today, the definition of "public place" includes bars,
restaurants, bowling centers, skating rinks, and non-tribal casinos.
The definition also includes private residences used to provide
childcare, foster care, adult care, or similar social services, and
at least 75 percent of the sleeping quarters within a hotel.
The Smoking in Public Places law also prohibits smoking within 25
feet of entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes
that serve enclosed areas where smoking is prohibited.
Washington was the tenth state in the country to implement a
comprehensive statewide law prohibiting smoking in all restaurants
and bars, and the fifth state to have a law that requires 100
percent of indoor workplaces to be smoke-free.
The initiative had widespread support, with all 39 counties in
Washington voting in favor of the law. You can learn more about the
law by visiting the
Washington State Legislature Web site or by reading the
Initiative's text.
Download smoke-free signs for your establishment.
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