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Tobacco Preventation & Education

The mission of Clackamas County Tobacco Prevention & Education Program (TPEP) is to reduce tobacco-related illness and death. To reach this goal the program focuses on:

  1. Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke by creating smoke-free environments.
  2. Decreasing youth access to and initiation of tobacco use, and
  3. Increasing access to cessation services.

The TPEP team helps develop policies to reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and counter influences of the powerful tobacco industry.  We work collaboratively for tobacco-free schools, hospitals, community colleges, smoke-free multi-unit housing and workplaces.  The TPEP at Clackamas County Community Health is supported by grant funds from the statewide Oregon TPEP Oregon State Tobacco Prevention & Education Program

For more information about Clackamas County Community Health Tobacco Prevention and Education Program, email us at sfrance@co.clackamas.or.us

Did you know..?

Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke produced by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers. Secondhand smoke contains a complex mixture of over 200 poisons, including more that 43 chemicals that are known cancer-causing agents. Secondhand smoke causes an estimated 800 deaths a year in Oregon.

Interested in quitting tobacco? Here are some resources to help:

The Oregon Quit Line offers FREE personalized advice and support from a cessation specialist. Staff provide confidential services between 5 am to midnight every day. The Quit Line is provided by the Oregon Department of Human Services Tobacco Prevention and Education Program.

Oregon Tobacco Quit Line
1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)
Spanish: 1-877-NO-FUME (1-877-266-3863)
TTY: 1-877-777-6534

Online cessation resources:

Oregon Quit Line

American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Quitting

American Lung Association's Freedom from Smoking® Online

Centers for Disease Control and Prevent: How to Quit

Surgeon General’s Smoking Cessation Consumer Tools Kit

http://www.becomeanex.org/

Smoke-free workplaces

The Oregon Smoke-free Workplace Law is designed to protect workers from secondhand smoke. Starting January 1, 2009, this law expanded protection to include employees working in bars, bowling alleys, and bingo halls.
Employees and the public can report violations by calling a toll-free number or completing an online complaint form. All complaints are investigated and violations pursued.

Learn about Oregon's Smokefree Workplace Law


Report  violations of the law:  

Smoke-free multi-unit housing

The American Lung Association and the health departments of Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah, and Washington Counties comprise the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area Smokefree Housing Project. The goal of this project is to reduce renters’ exposure to secondhand smoke by increasing the number of multi-unit properties that enforce no smoking policies.

To learn how to implement no smoking rules in multi-unit housing visit:

SmokefreehousingNorthWest

Oregon's Smoke Free Housing Project

Email to: sfrance@co.clackamas.or.us

Search for a smokefree apartment:  http://www.housingconnections.org/

Resources

Health Consequences of Tobacco       

The Business Case for a Tobacco-free Website

Secondhand Smoke

Oregon

National

If you have questions or need information about services and resources, please contact Clackamas County's Tobacco Prevention and Education Program coordinator at sfrance@co.clackamas.or.us


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