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Last updated 9/22/2004
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From: The Charleston (WV) Gazette http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/Today/2006111647November 17, 2006 Toxicity of smoking researched * Secondhand cloud particles exceed limits, Harvard study says By Morgan Kelly Staff writer Smoking creates a toxic cloud that surpasses even federal regulations for safe air, according to the latest information tossed around at the Kanawha-Charleston Board of Health meeting Thursday. Since the board proposed a countywide indoor smoking ban in July, Dr. Kerry Gateley, executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, has delved into the dispatches from other states and countries. His task is to determine how to best enact such a regulation should the board decide to craft one. His latest fact-finding led him to reports on the air quality of places that allow smoking indoors, he said. A September report from the Harvard School of Public Health and other agencies analyzed the air in 1,212 places in 24 countries for tiny particles that cause lung damage. Places in Ireland ― which banned indoor smoking nationwide in 2004 ― and New Zealand had the cleanest air. The United States ranked in the middle. Harvard researchers found the amount of particles in a smoke-filled room exceeded safety standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency, Gateley said."There's an increasing amount of research that points out what a hazard secondhand smoke is," Gateley said after the meeting. "What people are questioning is, if it is appropriate for us to allow these conditions," he said. "Restaurants and bars still have to maintain clean water and clean restrooms. With the level of contaminants from smoke, this is not safe." He also questioned the economic impact of a smoking ban in public places as long as the regulation applies to a large area. In his research, it seems some restaurants and bars get more customers after such rules because people can safely enjoy socializing, he said. "You can sit at home alone and smoke," Gateley said. "People don't just go to a bar and smoke. They go for social purposes, for the atmosphere. "If you can't smoke, people will not quit going to a bar. They might be annoyed and stop going for a little bit, but they will eventually come back for that social atmosphere." Indoor smoking regulations are taking hold across the country, Gateley told board members. In this month's elections, voters in Arizona, Nevada and Ohio approved tougher smoking regulations, he said. I also would like to congratulate the following schools which are providing N-O-T & ATS programs in their schools this year.
NOT ON TOBACCO PROGRAMS
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ALTERNATIVE TO SUSPENSION PROGRAMS
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Don’t forget to order your student journals at least one week before your program is scheduled to start.
Another way of getting incentives is community donations. Explain to local businesses that you are trying to help teens stop smoking, and you will get anything from pizza to sodas donated. This is an excellent way of forming education/community partnerships.
STIPENDS The West Virginia Department of Education’s continued support of the N-O-T program is allowing us to once again provide the $250 stipend for N-O-T classes and $100 stipends for ATS classes. Please remember that stipends are only awarded after all evaluation materials have been returned, unlike the $50 mini-grants that are provided before you begin your sessions.
Mini-Grants$50 mini-grants are available to get your groups started. The mini-grant can be used to purchase pencils, stress balls and most importantly, food! We have heard many times, “If you feed them, they will come!” Applying for the mini-grant is easy click HERE.
N-O-T Stipends Another positive incentive are the $250 stipends, which are available for facilitators after all evaluation materials have been returned to ALAWV.
Student JournalsProgram expenses are kept to a minimum since we provide all required handouts for students in this “journal.” Blank pages are provided for the students to write on.
ATS Stipends Thanks to a generous grant from the Department of Education Office Of Healthy schools we now have $100 stipends available for facilitators who use the ATS program in their schools.
You can find all these resources and more at our web site click here à N-O-T
Free Technical Assistance! Points of contacts are:
Tony Richards, Program Manager Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) American Lung Association of West Virginia 415 Dickinson Street, PO Box 3980 Charleston, WV 25339-3980 (304) 342-6600; 1-800-LUNG-USA tony@alawv.org / www.alawv.org
Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialist
Community Development Specialists are trained professionals who work locally in their communities to enhance West Virginia’s prevention system. They provide individuals, families, agencies, organizations, and other groups with technical assistance and training to build capacity for sustainable community-based prevention efforts. To find your Community Development Specialist click here.
Newsletter Updates If you know of something happening with the N-O-T program that you feel other facilitators would benefit from, please call Tony (304)342-6600 or email tony@alawv.org. The newsletter will be published once a month.
If you are interested in our programs and would like more information, or would like to schedule a visit, please call our office.
Tobacco Websites and Other Interesting Links
New Website “TheScoopOnSmoking” was designed to present in a highly accessible, interactive manner, detailed facts about the health consequences of tobacco use.
Why do we feel that there is a need for this website?
Too often teens (and adults) are simply told that using tobacco -- particularly smoking cigarettes -- is "dangerous." Even the government-mandated warning label gives only a few words of caution -- all in very general terms. But the devil is in the details. ACSH's site -- which is based on a teen-version of ACSH's classic publication "Cigarettes: What the Warning Label Doesn't Tell You: The First Comprehensive Guide to the Health Consequences of Smoking" -- gives specific details of tobacco's deleterious impact on every site of the body and every organ system.
American Lung Associationà www.alawv.org Data & Statistics à http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33347 Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) à http://www.alawv.org/NOT_folder/NOT.htm Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) à http://www.alawv.org/TATU_folder/TATU.htm West Virginia Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) à http://www.prevnet.org/ RAZE à www.razewv.com Tobacco News à www.tobacco.org National Spit Tobacco Education Program à www.nstep.org
West Virginia Department of Education http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/ This site gives the updated list of present WV state education policies, including WV tobacco policy.
CDC’s Tips: Tobacco Information and Prevention Sources http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/publications/aag/osh.htm This site has several links for Teens and Kids. It also has important research data and report links. This is also a good site to link up to sources for supplemental information as well as getting information on different CDC publications.
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