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Communities - Tobacco Use & Smoking Prevention - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. Communities: Holding the Key to Tobacco Prevention. Healthy Maine Partnerships: Creating Strong Connections. Take the Next Step. In these pages, Communities will find the resources they need to carry out the work of PTM, including links, articles, and research associated with tobacco prevention and control, as well as available materials for community-related training and outreach. How HMPs are Building a Healthier Maine. The Work of Tobacco Control Coordinators.

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The Weber-Morgan Tobacco-Free Coalition reduces and prevents tobacco use, encourages smoke-free clean air for everyone, and promotes tobacco cessation services. - Educator Resources Page

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Community and Partner Events for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation. Nationally Recognized Tobacco Cessation / Prevention Dates. Tobacco Facts and Local Data. Local Tobacco Use Rate Data. Local Secondhand Smoke Exposure Data. Local Tobacco-Related Disease Rate Data. Health Effects of Tobacco. Tobacco Laws and Educational Resources. Apartments and Multiple-Dwelling Resources. How To Get Involved. What We Are Doing. Coalition Partners Contact Info. Educators: Invaluable Messengers of Prevention. The message ...

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Prevention for Parents - Protecting Kids from Secondhand Smoke, Smoking & Tobacco Marketing - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. Parental Prevention: Your Influence Matters. Big Tobacco is Targeting Our Kids. Big Tobacco is talking to our kids every day. In convenience stores, in magazines, online, and through special promotions designed to lure them into thinking that smoking is cool or a way to express their independence. Big Tobacco spends millions of dollars on slick marketing tactics to replace those customers who die from using their product or who have quit smoking. As a parent, you...

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Workplaces - Smoking & Smoke-free Policies for Employers & Employees - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. A Smoke-Free Workplace: The Best Business Move You Ever Made. Smoke-Free Workplaces are Safe. Smoke-Free Workplaces Save Money. Smoking contributes toward absenteeism and lost productivity. Employees who smoke are absent from work 50% more often than those who don’t smoke. Because smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, smoking affects insurance costs, and some fire and casualty companies cut their premiums by 50% for smoke-free companies. 24% of Maine...

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Educators - Smoking Cessation & Tobacco Prevention in the Schools - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. Maine is one of three states leading the country when it comes to funding prevention programs to respond to these grim statistics. By spearheading programs for tobacco use and prevention, our efforts help counteract the millions of dollars spent on tobacco promotion in the state. Part of those efforts includes focusing on prevention where it counts: in the schools. The message to educators is clear: school-based programs designed to prevent tobacco use can make a...

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Tobacco Use & Special Populations - Smoking Health Effects, Quitting & Industry Marketing - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. Special Populations: Tobacco’s Targets. Get more information about the differences in the patterns, prevention, and treatment of tobacco use among specific populations by reading Health Disparities. From The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Working to Reach Those at Risk. Be Part of Our Mission. We are looking for:. Links to helpful websites. Interested members of targeted populations. Take the Next Step. More Info for Special Populations. Additional R...

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Health Care Providers & Professionals - Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Prevention, Treatment & Education - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. Providers: Helping to Meet Maine's Goals. The goal of the Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine is to increase the capacity of clinicians to provide services, enhance their ability to address issues of prevention and secondhand smoke, and provide training to individuals, physicians offices and clinics. Providers are uniquely positioned to help smokers quit. Youth smokers are a pediatric epidemic. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable. Certified Tobacco Treatm...

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Native Americans & Tobacco - Smoking Health Effects, Quitting & Industry Marketing - Partnership For A Tobacco-Free Maine

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JUMP TO INFO FOR:. Train and Take Action. A Tobacco Use Epidemic. Native Americans, a segment of the population which includes American Indians, Alaska’s indigenous populations, and Native Hawaiians, are extremely vulnerable to tobacco use and its deadly health effects. Tobacco abuse by this population is one of the top three health problems, in addition to complications of obesity and diabetes. A Concern for Maine. Tobacco’s Respected Tradition. Tobacco’s Respected Tradition:. The tobacco industry explo...

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Smoking Effects on Children Ι Tobacco Facts Ι Breathe Easy Coalition

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Webinars & Meetings. Gold Star Standards of Excellence Programs. Gold Star Standards of Excellence Programs. Smoke-Free Child Care Facilities. Invest in the children you care for by becoming 100%. Environmental tobacco smoke dangerously effects anyone who is near those smoking tobacco products. Secondhand smoke. Contains thousands of chemicals, many of which have been found to cause cancer and is especially dangerous to infants and children whose organs are not fully developed. Thirdhand smoke. If you do...

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Available Resources | HMP Grantees Resources

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HMP Programming Matrix Support. Each of the programs affiliated with the Healthy Maine Partnerships have resources available for you to distribute at the community level. Click on the program below to view and/or order program materials. Partnership For a Tobacco-Free Maine. Maine Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services. Physical Activity and Nutrition Program. Maine Cardiovascular Health Program. Maine Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Maine Asthma Control and Prevention Program.