Resources for Tobacco-Free Policy Implementation

As part of MHA’s Healing Inside and Out: MA Tobacco-Free Hospitals initiative to voluntarily ban all tobacco use on hospital campuses, the association offered a free member briefing for hospitals and health systems on December 12, 2011. This complimentary webinar, Tobacco Free: Patients, Policy and Practicum, provides an expanded look at additional resources hospitals can use, and efforts they can take, to assist patients, visitors, and employees quit smoking. Participants were able to troubleshoot implementation issues and garner best practices through shared case studies and discussing lessons learned. Please review the presentation and resources listed below and feel free to contact our guest speakers if you have further questions.

Tobacco Free: Patients, Policy and Practicum

PPT Presentation

Webinar recording coming soon!

Speakers:

Elena List, MSW, LICSW
QuitWorks
Project Director, Center for Tobacco Treatment Research & Training
Division of Preventive & Behavioral Medicine
UMass Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester, MA 01566
(508) 856-4427
elena.list@umassmed.edu

Douglas M. Ziedonis, MD, MPH
UMass (ATTOC) Consultation Service
Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School/
UMass Memorial Health Care
55 Lake Avenue
Worcester, MA 01655
(508) 856-3066
Douglas.Ziedonis@umassmemorial.org

Michelle B. Davis, BS, R.N.
Director, Marketing, Operations & Communications
Lowell General Hospital
295 Varnum Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854-2134
(978) 937-6038
mdavis@lowellgeneral.org

John F. Looney
Director, Communication & Public Affairs
Winchester Hospital
41 Highland Avenue
Winchester, MA 01890-1496
(781) 756-2138
jlooney@winhosp.org

MA Hospital Case Studies

• Lowell General Hospital
  • Tobacco-Free Resources for Employers
• Winchester Hospital
  • Tobacco-Free Campus Policy
  • Personal Appearance Policy
  • Employee Handbook

Below are a list of resources that will aid in effective implementation of a tobacco-free policy. These resources have been gathered from DPH, the Boston Public Health Commisssion (BPHC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as hospital associations and healthcare systems across the country to give a well-rounded approach to the tobacco-free initiative.

Why Go Tobacco-Free?

• DPH Smoking Facts
• Destination Tobacco-Free 
• DPH Information on the Economic Costs of Smoking
• CDC Tobacco-Related Mortality Information
• 2012 Joint Commission Tobacco Measures

Example Tobacco-Free Initiatives, Policies and Procedures

• MA DPH Policy Decision-Making Steps
• BPHC Briefing: Tobacco-Free Hospital Policies
  • Cessation Benefit Fact Sheet: Boston Public Health Commission
  Comprehensive Workplace Health Programs to Address Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco Use in the Workplace
• CDC Signage for a Tobacco-Free Workplace
• MA Department of Mental Health Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative
• UMass UMass Addressing Tobacco through Organizational Change (ATTOC) Consultation Service
• Maine Tobacco-Free Hopspital Network
  • Model Policy
  • Hospital Policies 
• Kansas Hospital Association 
  • Model Policy
• West Virginia Hospital Association Tobacco-Free Hospitals Tool Kit
• Florida Hospital-Waterman Policy 
• Missouri Hospital Association Policy 
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Administrative smoke-free policy
  • Considerations in Implementing Smoke-free / Tobacco-free Campus Policies
• University of California San Francisco - Smoking Cessation Leadership Center
  • Becoming and Remaining Tobacco-Free Tool Kit
• University of Michigan Health System