The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching a campaign to educate retailers and raise awareness about tobacco product regulations designed to protect kids from the dangers of tobacco use. They have created a number of campaign materials to help spread the word. Find the materials on the following link:
http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/ResourcesforYou/BreakTheChain/default.htm
In an effort to continually educate and inform staff, advocates, and youth about tobacco prevention and cessation, the following events were hosted or attended by ADH:
Governor’s Oral Health Summit
The ADH Office of Oral Health and the Arkansas Oral Health Coalition sponsored the bi-annual Governor’s Oral Health Summit on June 18. The subject matter highlighted the [...]
In early May, the Arkansas Department of Health and state law enforcement joined forces at a press conference to alert Arkansans that local police will be on the lookout for drivers smoking in cars with children, and they will be pulled over and fined. To raise awareness statewide, media events were held in Fayetteville, Little [...]
On August 1, 2010, a new Arkansas law will make it illegal to smoke on all state-supported college and university campuses. The Arkansas Clean Air On Campus Act of 2009 places Arkansas in a unique position to take national leadership in providing healthy learning environments. The Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program of the Arkansas Department [...]
Last May, 800 individuals from the general public were polled by the Arkansas Department of Health to measure awareness of the Stamp Out Smoking campaign. We found that people are increasingly recalling the Quitline number accurately and that 79 percent of Arkansans were familiar with the SOS campaign. Further, we found that advertisements featuring children [...]
