Initiatives

Priority Area 1: Decrease youth smoking rates

•  Community activism among youth to support community change

• IHSAA role model student program which trains nominated athletes to give presentations on tobacco

Priority Area 2: Increase proportion of Hoosiers not exposed to secondhand smoke

• Adoption of comprehensive tobacco policy

• Work on local, county and state wide smoking ordinances
• School district adoption of comprehensive tobacco policies
• Target East Allen County and Northwest Allen County School Districts
• Proportions of smoke free public housing
• Work with FWHA to adopt comprehensive tobacco policies
• Tobacco policy change on college/university campuses
• Work with all colleges on their tobacco policies as well as tobacco education and prevention offered on site

Priority Area 3: Decrease Indiana adult smoking rates

• Cessation system change including Indiana Quit Line
• Increase the number of preferred providers, employers and organizations
• Assist healthcare providers and systems implementation of 2008 Clerical Practice Guidelines
• Increase proportion of worksites that provide employer sponsored tobacco treatment services and benefits for employees who use tobacco

Priority Area 4: Protect and maintain a state and local infrastructure necessary to lower tobacco use rates

• Increase partners within a broad based coalition
• Increase participation by groups representing disparately affected populations