Session: Helping States and Communities Breathe Easier: Different Perspectives on Passing and Implementing Clean Indoor Air Legislation

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

5027.0: Wednesday, November 08, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Roundtable

Helping States and Communities Breathe Easier: Different Perspectives on Passing and Implementing Clean Indoor Air Legislation

Learning Objectives: . Understand the role of policy initiatives as a key element of an effective comprehensive tobacco control program b. Identify model practices and lessons learned from the implementation of several statewide clean indoor air policy initiatives c. Describe strategies for interstate communication and collaboration

Facilitator(s):

Julia Pekarsky, MPH

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Introduction - Julia Pekarsky, MPH,

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**SESSION ABSTRACT** Helping states and communities breathe easier: Different perspectives on passing and implementing clean indoor air legislation *
Julia Pekarsky, MPH, Jessica S. Lowy, MPH, CHES, Eileen M. Sullivan

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View from above: National perspective on becoming smokefree
Cynthia Hallett, MPH

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Implementing a statewide smoke-free law in big sky country: Perspective from a rural western state
Joan Miles, JD

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Starting at the local level: Passing smokefree legislation from the ground up
Michael Caldwell, MD, MPH