Tobacco Prevention Action Team | lwlc

Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Action Team

To reduce and prevent the use of and exposure to all tobacco products for people who live, work, and play in Lake County.

This will be accomplished through the advancement of tobacco control initiatives: policy, education, cessation and compliance.

Goals & Objectives

Agenda & Minutes

Goals & Objectives:

Goal :

Reduce tobacco use among Lake County adults.

Objective 1: From June 2017 to June 2018, educate providers and identified community-based referral sources to increase the number of referrals to tobacco dependence treatment services by 25%.
Objective 2: By June 2018, enact tobacco control policies in 1/3 of home rule communities in Lake County.

Initiatives:

1. Ask, Advise, Refer Education & Media Campaign

Ask, Advise, Refer is a brief intervention that encourages providers to Ask their clients about tobacco use, Advise tobacco users to quit, and Refer clients who are willing to quit to a telephone quitline or other community-based resource for tobacco cessation. Provider outreach is currently underway through a media campaign and educational efforts on the importance and implementation of Ask, Advise, Refer in practice.

Members:

Lea Bacci

Lake County Health Department

Tim Sanborn

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Kelly Tinnes

American Cancer Society

Lily Walton

Lake County Housing Authority

Karin Rogers

Lake Forest Hospital

Marisela Moreno

American Cancer Society

Danielle Ryan, Co-Chair

Lake County Health Department

Carylon Cerf

American Heart Association

Lanie Sanker

Respiratory Health Association

Tim Kirschner

Waukegan Public Schools

Jamie Sacramento

Lake County Health Department

Resources:

1. CDC - Media Campaign Resource Center - Smoking & Tobacco Use

2. CDC - Smoking & Tobacco Use

3. The Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence Clinical Practice Guideline

Want more information on the Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Action Team?

Please email tobacco@lakecountyil.gov .