Smoke-Free Hospital Campus Initiative
Conference Call Schedule and ListServ Information
Smoking Cessation Related Products Available through the CHA Shared Services Program (CHA SSP)
News and Video Clips
Hospital Gets Smoking Ban on Newell Road - Bristol Press (02/02/10)
Hospital Campuses Go "Smoke-Free" to Mark Great American Smokeout - CHA Press Release (11/19/09)
Three City Hospitals Go Smoke-Free - Hartford Business Journal (11/19/09)
Danbury Hospital Completely Smoke-Free - Danbury News Times (11/19/09)
Norwalk Hospital Becomes 100 Percent Smokefree Campus This Week - Norwalk Hospital (11/19/09)
Hospital Campuses Going Smoke-Free: What's the Trend? - Joint Commission (08/20/09)
Yale-New Haven Hospital to become tobacco-free, inside and out on January 1 - Yale-New Haven Hospital (12/29/08)
St. Vincent’s Teen Smokestoppers Program Helping Stratford High School Students Quit - St. Vincent's Medical Center (12/15/08)
Nurse’s Son Wins Waterbury Hospital’s Smoke-Free Campus Design Contest - Waterbury Hospital (12/2/08)
Student Artists Drive Home Message in Tobacco Free Poster Contest - St. Vincent's Medical Center (11/26/08)
Hospital smoking ban inspires possible city-wide action - Bristol Press (11/24/08)
Bristol Hospital bans smoking on entire campus - Bristol Press (11/21/08)
Great American Smokeout inspires hospital executive to quit - Danbury News Times (11/21/08)
Connecticut Hospitals Announce Smoke-Free Campus Initiative; Attorney General Blumenthal, American Cancer Society join Bristol Hospital for Statewide Launch - CHA Press Release (11/20/08)
No Butt About it at Hospitals - NBC Connecticut (11/20/08)
Conn. hospitals kick off campaign to be smoke-free - Fox61 News (11/20/08)
CIGNA, Aetna To Ban Workplace Smoking Completely - Hartford Courant (11/20/08)
Hospitals go smoke free to mark Great American Smokeout - Waterbury Republican American (11/20/08)
Women help snuff out smoking at hospital- Connecticut Post (11/17/08)
For L&M, the Butt Stops There - New London Day (11/10/08)
Resources
+ General Resources
- Connecticut's Quit Lines
- American Cancer Society’s Guide to Quitting Smoking
- American Lung Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Cancer Institute
- Partnership between National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Cancer Society
- Americans for NonSmokers
- Office of the Surgeon General
- QuitNet
- Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
+ Resources Specific to Hospitals
Communication
+ Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Toolkit
+ Sample Letters
- Letter to Ambulance Services, Fire Districts, Police, Etc. - (Kansas)
- Letter in Response to an Individual Opposing your Tobacco-Free Policy - (Kansas)
- Letter to Employees - (Mercy)
- Letter to Adjacent Properties - (Mercy)
- Letter to Community - (Mercy)
- Letter to Employees - (Wake Forest)
- Letter to Vendor/Contractor - (Wake Forest)
- Letter to Employees - (Western Maryland)
Implementation
+ Frequently Asked Questions
Policy Samples
Eastern Connecticut Health Network (1)