Tobacco Program
The Tobacco Prevention Program
at the Lake County Health Department is a comprehensive program
that provides:
- School-based and community presentations
- Encouragement through cessation referral as well
as support
- Empowerment through youth-based advocacy, activities
and
Youth Tobacco Citation Class
The program goals are to establish local policy
and system change to:
- Prevent initiation of Tobacco use Among Youth
and Young Adults
- Eliminate exposure to Secondhand Smoke Exposure
- Promote Cessation from Tobacco Use
- Build Tobacco Prevention and Control Infrastructure
Contact Information:
Tobacco Prevention Program
Business: 352-357-1668 x2150
Tobacco_program@doh.state.fl.us
Tobacco Facts
Facts about Tobacco Products
- Tobacco smoke contains over 4800 chemicals including
6 known or suspected carcinogens and over 250 toxic chemical compounds.
- The label of "light" or "low tar"
tobacco products is very misleading. Cigarette manufactures put
larger/more air holes in front of the filter to create a lo tar/nicotine
product. If you cover the holes with your fingers, you lips or
even with lipstick, you will not have a low tar/nicotine product.
- There is no safe form of tobacco; none of the
so-called "safer" cigarettes have been proven to be
effective in reducing harm.
- A cigar the size of your index finger is the
same as smoking seven cigarettes at one time.
- Smokeless tobacco is made from the trash left
on the floor of the tobacco factory. This trash includes very
little tobacco.
- Smokeless tobacco can have up to 6 times more
nicotine when compared to the same amount of smoked tobacco.
- Smokeless tobacco, either moist snuff (dip) or
chew, can have up to 40% sweetener leading to tooth decay.
- A bowl of pipe tobacco is a very abrasive product.
It is the same as rubbing your gum tissue with medium grit sand
paper.
- Smokeless tobacco combines with the saliva (spit)
in your mouth to form two additional cancer-causing agents.
From "The Quick Series Guide to Freedom from
Tobacco"
Secondhand smoke-also known as environmental tobacco smoke-is
a mixture of gases and fine particles that includes-
- Smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe
tip
- Smoke that has been exhaled or breathed out by
the person or people smoking
- At least 250 toxic chemicals, including more
than 50 that can cause cancer
Most exposure to secondhand smoke occurs in homes
and workplaces. Secondhand smoke exposure also continues to occur
in public places such as restaurants and bars and in private vehicles.
How to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from
Secondhand Smoke
- Making your home and car smoke-free.
- Asking people not to smoke around you and your
children.
- Making sure that your children's day care center
or school is smoke-free.
- Choosing restaurants and other businesses that
are smoke-free. Thanking businesses for being smoke-free. Letting
owners of businesses that are not smoke-free know that secondhand
smoke is harmful to your family's health.
- Teaching children to stay away from secondhand
smoke.
- Avoiding secondhand smoke exposure especially
if you or your children have respiratory conditions, if you have
heart disease, or if you are pregnant.
- Talking to your doctor or healthcare provider
more about the dangers of secondhand smoke.
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/secondhandsmoke/factsheets/factsheet3.html
Third-hand Smoke
Most people realize that secondhand smoke is harmful, especially
to children and those with chronic health problems such as heart
disease and lung disease. This has led to smoking bans and clean
indoor air policies. Research is now beginning to show another concern.
"Third-hand smoke" is the term given to
the residual of tobacco smoke contamination that settles into the
environment and stays there even after a cigarette has been extinguished.
The chemical particles resulting from the burning of tobacco, including
tar and nicotine, linger on clothes, hair, upholstery, drapes etc.,
long after the smoke has cleared from the air.
These particles are formed from more than 200 poisonous
gases, many of which are cancer causing, such as cyanide, ammonia,
arsenic, and polonium-210 (which is radioactive.) These chemicals
are deposited on surface areas and over time can be released back
into the air.
New research has found that the residuals of tobacco
smoke stay in the lungs after a smoker takes the last puff of a
cigarette. It can take up to 2-3 minutes before they stop exhaling
the toxic products of combustion. This expelled air may also contribute
to secondhand tobacco smoke and to the residual of tobacco particles
that can settle in places considered smoke-free.
Most people are aware of the negative effects of visible smoke and
make efforts to control the amount that non-smokers are exposed
to. We are now learning that tobacco toxins can remain in the environment
as Third-hand smoke long after the smoking period is over. Children
seem to be at greatest risk of being affected as they inhale these
particles from clothes, rugs, draperies etc.
Making the home and car totally smoke-free is the
best way to protect those you love. Also, waiting 2-3 minutes after
finishing a cigarette to have contact with children or return to
smoke-free areas is likely to be beneficial.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/Third-hand-smoke/MY00591
Tobacco Cessation
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of
death and disease in the United States, imposing a huge health and
financial burden. Most of us know how tobacco use hurts our health,
but quitting can be a challenge. After all, it's a permanent lifestyle
change. Quitting tobacco use is important for your health and provides
many benefits. Soon after you quit, your circulation begins to improve,
and your blood pressure starts to return to normal. Your sense of
smell and taste return and breathing starts to become easier. In
the long term, giving up tobacco can help you live longer. Your
risk of getting cancer decreases with each year you stay smoke-free.
Get help now by requesting a free tobacco quit kit from the
Lake County Health Department's TPP
QuitLine is a toll-free telephone-based tobacco
use cessation service. Any person living in Florida who wants to
try to quit smoking can use the QuitLine. The following services
are available through the QuitLine:
- Counseling sessions;
- Self help materials;
- Counseling and materials in English and Spanish;
- Translation service for other languages;
- Pharmacotherapy assistance; and
- TDD service for hearing impaired
Local Tobacco Cessation Classes
TEEN TOBACCO CITATION CLASS
The Lake County Health Department provides an approved
anti -tobacco program for any person under the age of eighteen cited
possession of tobacco. The Teen Tobacco Citation Class is a two
hour citation class that is offered in both the North and South
ends of Lake County. A Certificate of completion will be issued
at the end of each class and a copy placed in the youth's court
file by the Clerk of Court.
Register for a class by one of the following options:
- Dial (352) 357-1668, ext 2140 and make an appointment
- Visit us online at www.lakdchd.com/tobacco and
look for the Teen Tobacco Citation Classes link.
- Express your interest by email to Tobacco_Program@doh.state.fl.us
and one of our staff members will contact you.
What are the Laws about Tobacco?
If you are under the age of 18, it is against the
law to do the following:
- Possess tobacco (s.569.11)
- Sell or give away any tobacco product to minors
under the age of 18 (s569.101)
On October 1, 1997, Florida State Statue 569.11
was created in order to take a strong stance against tobacco use
among minors. The Law makes it illegal for any person under the
age of eighteen (18) to possess any tobacco product. Any person
under the age of eighteen (18) cited for violating the law will
be:
- Assessed court fines which must be paid with
30 days after citation is dated or complete 16 hours of community
service
- Attend mandatory school-approved anti-tobacco
program.
First Violation: court fines or 16 hours
of community service hours and complete a school approved anti-tobacco
program. The fine must be paid in 30 days of the citation being
written.
Second Violation: within 12 weeks of the
first violation, additional court fines.
Third Violation: within 12 weeks of the first
violation, driver's license is withheld, suspended or revoked.
SWAT
is Florida's statewide youth organization to mobilize, educate
and equip Florida youth to revolt against and de-glamorize Big
Tobacco. A united movement of Florida empowered youth working
towards a tobacco free future.
SWAT
To
request information
or to join Lake County SWAT
Tobacco Free Partnership of Lake
County
The Tobacco Free Partnership of Lake County is a
collaboration of community partners dedicated to educate and serve
the citizens of Lake County regarding tobacco use prevention, intervention,
and cessation. The focus of the partnership is to mobilize the community
to establish policies towards a tobacco-free Lake County.
The 2010-2011 Tobacco Control Policy Focus Areas
are the following:
- Policy to Control the Location Number, and Density
of Retailer Outlets
- Policy to Increase the Number of Compliance Checks
by Enforcement Agencies
- Policy to Restrict the Sale of Candy Flavored
Tobacco Products not covered by FDA
- Policy Prohibiting/Limiting Tobacco Industry
Advertising-Retail Outlets
- Policy to Implement Comprehensive Tobacco Control
Model Policies in K-12 Schools
- Policy to Create Tobacco-Free Multi-Unit Dwelling
To learn more about the partnership, please contact
Resources for Health Care Providers
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable
death and disease in the United States. Each year in Florida, tobacco
use is responsible for approximately 29,000 deaths and billions
of dollars in healthcare costs.
Health professionals have an important opportunity
to reduce tobacco use by providing tobacco prevention and tobacco
cessation interventions for patients. Even a few brief interventions
can be effective and have a significant effect on cessation rates.
The Lake County Tobacco Prevention Program is reaching
out to local Health Care Providers to support tobacco cessation
referral process. The 2A's and 1R system of cessation referral
is a brief and effective intervention that can be a part of a patient's
office visit for tobacco users and those who want to quit.
The 2A's and 1R system:
- Ask the patient about tobacco use
- Advise him or her to quit
- Refer him or her to the Florida Tobacco Quit-For-Life
Line 877-822-6669
The Florida Tobacco Quit-For-Life Line is a free
cessation service offering individualized counseling and support
to any Florida resident who is ready to quit tobacco. The Quit-For-Life
Line can provide the counseling component of tobacco dependence
treatment without added time or costs to health care providers or
insurers.
The best and easiest way to integrate the Quitline
into the regular delivery of health care is by using the Fax Referral
Form. Once a tobacco user is identified and agrees to attempt to
quit, the patient is asked to agree to have his or her name and
telephone number faxed to the Quitline from your office by signing
a consent form. The Quitline then makes the initial call to the
patient to begin the free counseling program and receive free nicotine
replacement products i.e. patch, gum or lozenges while supplies
last. Tobacco users who speak little or no English can request an
interpreter on the enrollment form.
The Fax Referral Form provides an intensive counseling
intervention that may not be feasible for a busy clinic. We know
that ongoing counseling increases the likelihood of successfully
quitting tobacco. The Fax Referral Form can be used by hospitals,
clinics, dental offices, worksites and community-based agencies.
The Quitline will provide your office with documented follow up
on patient's progress via fax to include in your records.
To get started, download the Fax
Referral Form (pdf-25kb)
Or to proceed to explore the Florida Quitline Website: www.floridaquitline.com
Additional Resources for
Health Care Providers
Treating
Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update
Tobacco
Treatment Chart
Twelve
Facts to Help Dispel the Myths about Nicotine
Replacement Therapies (NRTs) and Nicotine (PDF) Download
Cessation
Counseling Services, Reimbursement and Resources Brochure
Tobacco
Cessation Insurance Coverage
FREE
Online Tobacco CE/CME Training Courses
Effective January
1st, 2007, the use of tobacco products will
not be allowed on any LCHD property or by employees during employee
work time or in view of clients and visitors. LCHD promotes and
maintains a 100% tobacco free environment to preserve and protect
the health of patients, visitors, volunteers and employees.
LCHD
Tobacco Free Campus Policy
Resources for a Tobacco Free Campus
Tobacco
Free Business
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