252423 Building capacity for a smokefree community and workforce

Friday, June 24, 2011 : 3:40 PM

Karla S. Sneegas, MPH , Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency, Indianapolis, IN
     
Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency, through a Memorandum of Understanding with the state health department, received a federal stimulus grant to expand the capacity of the state's tobacco quitline. Indiana used this opportunity for employer outreach to engage employer's furthering their commitment to tobacco cessation for their employees and to understand employers' role in building a smokefree community and workforce.

Learning Areas:
Advocacy for health and health education

Learning Objectives:
1. Evaluate how building capacity with employers can be used to expand the reach of a state tobacco quitline. 2. Identify strategies and tools to engage employers interest in tobacco cessation

Keywords: Tobacco Control, Smoking Cessation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the executive director of the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation agency and helped the agency built a statewide “infrastructure” for tobacco prevention and cessation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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