Tobacco
Smoking: What Can Be Done?
The
San Francisco Department of Public Health's Tobacco Free Project has
facilitated an array of effective community programs.
CDC's
Community Guide to Preventive Services has evaluated
the effectiveness of community-based tobacco interventions within
several areas of tobacco use prevention and control.
Some
specific interventions, drawn from HHS's Steps
to a HealthierUS initiative, are as follows (please send suggestions
for the right-hand column):
| HHS
Recommendations, Steps to a HealthierUS |
San
Francisco Interventions or Resources |
| Reduce
environmental tobacco smoke. |
|
| Implement
reminder systems that prompt providers to ask patients about tobacco
use and include encouragement to quit for persons who use tobacco,
targeting adults with diabetes or who live with persons with asthma. |
|
| Provide
telephone support, with other interventions, for people who want
to quit. |
|
| Also
see school health. |
|
