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Protection From Secondhand Smoke
Channels and Levels of Interventions
| LEVEL | SCHOOLS | HEALTH CARE SETTINGS (HCS) | WORKPLACE | BROADER COMMUNITY |
| AWARENESS (Informs the public about health issues, concerns, and/or solutions) | *Provide visible signs and stickers | *Provide information about environmental tobacco smoke and smoking cessation resources in patient waiting rooms | *Distribute
pamphlets, brochures, etc., in new employee orientation
programs *Provide information in payroll stuffers, etc. |
*Get message out through use of PSA’s, billboards, letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, etc. |
| KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS Educates the public about the causes, symptoms, strategies, etc., of public health issues) |
*Provide tobacco education and cessation information in school newsletters | *Provide patients with brochures, fact sheets, etc., - in waiting rooms of hospitals, and doctor’s offices | *Promote
smoking cessation and education classes as continuing
education units to staff *Offer information about a smoke-free worksite policy |
*Offer sessions to community activist groups such as women’s clubs, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, etc. |
| SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS (Creates an environment that supports, promotes, and encourages healthy behaviors) |
*Provide cessation classes, incentives, and peer support groups | *Encourage
incentives such as reduced insurance premiums with
cessation *Plan and establish tobacco interventions with all patients who use tobacco *Strengthen alliances with all the medical community, health insurance providers, and other health professional groups |
*Provide
incentives for employees who do not smoke such as breaks,
prizes, etc. *Make self-help materials available to businesses in the community |
*Promote cessation programs as a community service |
| POLICIES/ REGULATIONS (Establishes and enforces policies and/or laws that promote healthy behaviors) |
*Enforce no
tobacco policies in school property *Enforce high school stadium smoke-free policies |
*Prohibit tobacco use within 50 feet of HCS entrances | *Encourage
businesses such as auto-body shops not affected by CIA to
go smoke-free *Promote smoke-free worksites |
*Encourage
parks & recreation programs to go smoke-free *Encourage malls to go smoke-free *Promote an alcohol and tobacco - free New Year’s Eve celebration. |
Published July 1997
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