Resources for your Community Efforts

Sample press release

Sample newsletter article

30 Second Public Service Announcement (PSA)

60 Second Public Service Announcement (PSA)

Sample letter to nearby businesses

Sample letter to Chamber of Commerce

Sample letter for response to opposition

Sample letter to police/fire/ambulance

Sample letter to contractors, vendors, suppliers

Sample letter to community

Sample letter to Governmental Entities i.e., Commissioners, Mayor

Sample Letter to the Board of Education to promote Tobacco-Free Schools

Community posters

Sample PowerPoint for community use/education

FAQs for Community

Surgeon General's Consumer Pamphlet on Secondhand Smoke

Free and Clear QuitLine sample video

List of Tobacco-Free School Districts in Georgia

Healthy People 2010 on Tobacco

Children - Asthma and Smoking references
2005 Georgia Youth Tobacco Survey Report

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/report/
Asthma: p 310 – 375

Secondhand Smoke – EPA
http://www.epa.gov/asthma01/shs.html

Smoking and Asthma – Kids Health, Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/managing_asthma/triggers/smoking_asthma.html

Smoking and Asthma – WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/smoking-and-asthma

For an Index with links to all materials, please click HERE.

Want to quit smoking ?
Call the Georgia Tobacco Quit Line: 1-877-270-STOP (7867)
1-877-2NO-FUME (266-3863) Spanish Language
TTY: 1-877-6534 (Hearing Impaired)

For a directory by county or zip code of available cessation services, click HERE.

For more information about the website, Contact Jan Potter at the Georgia Hospital Association.