Tobacco-Free Resources

 

	THINKING ABOUT QUITTING?   ·      Call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669). ·         Visit the Colorado QuitLine or Colorado QuitNet online. ·      Check out the links below. ·         Contact the Delta County Tobacco Education Coalition at  (970) 874-2517.

 

Fact Sheets

·         How does tobacco affect people in Colorado? (PDF, 785 KB)

·         What is the Colorado QuitLine? (PDF, 42 KB)

·         What is secondhand smoke? (PDF, 80 KB)

·         What is smokeless tobacco? (PDF, 302 KB)

·         Youth Tobacco Use in Colorado (PDF, 77 KB)

 

Cessation Resources

·         Tobacco Cessation classes at Delta County Memorial Hospital in the Mesa Lakes classroom in the new Oncology and Education Center next to the hospital.  Call (970) 874-2412 for the next session.

·         Colorado QuitLine online or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) for free telephone counseling service to all Coloradans from 15 years old and up.

·         Colorado QuitNet provides free information and support online.

·      www.MyQuitPath.com is Colorado's new cessation portal that educates Coloradans about available
      tobacco quit support and tips that set the stage to quit successfully.
 

Youth-Related Resources

·         Colorado enjoys a state-wide Tobacco-Free Schools Law (CRS 25-14-103.5)

·         Get R!EAL - Colorado's Youth Movement against Tobacco Lies.

·         N-O-T (Not On Tobacco) - A teen smoking cessation program for high school students from the American Lung Association of Colorado.

·         The BACCHUS Network

·         www.tarwars.org – A tobacco-free education program for kids from the American Academy of Family Physicians

·         www.nostankyou.com

·         www.ownyourc.com

·         http://www.fixnixer.com

 

Educational Resources

·         Colorado STEPP (State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership)

·         Colorado STEPP Online ordering of tobacco education materials

·         Rocky Mountain Center for Health Promotion and Education (RMC)

 

Every year nearly 60,000 non-smoking Americans die from illnesses caused by secondhand smoke. Exposure to secondhand smoke for just eight to 20 minutes has measurable effects linked with heart disease and stroke.

 

Secondhand Smoke Resources

·         www.smokefreecolorado.org includes information about the Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act, as well as other information about secondhand smoke

·         Pueblo Heart Study validates previous scientific evidence that indoor smoke-free laws can dramatically reduce heart attacks (158 KB, PDF file)

 

Third Hand Smoke Resources

·         Today Show interview with Dr. Nancy Schneiderman, January 2008 (as shown on YouTube)

·         Journal of American Pediatrics Study on Third Hand Smoke, published December 2008

 

Spit Tobacco

·         Colorado QuitLine website

·         www.nstep.org

·         www.quitsmokeless.org

·         www.chewfree.com

·         Wyoming’s Through With Chew website

·         www.stopsmokeless.com

 

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