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| Tobacco Free SWPA Service Coalition |
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| The purpose of the coalition is to implement regional initiatives as planned by the Tobacco Free SWPA Executive Coalition. The regional initiatives include projects related to three key areas: |
- Preventing initiation of tobacco use among young people.
- Promoting quitting among adults and young people.
- Eliminating nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke.
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Next Tobacco Free SWPA Service Coalition Meeting:
March 5, 2010
10 to 11:30 a.m.
at Mon Valley Health Center, Eastgate 8, 4th Floor
Monessen, PA 15062 |
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Save the Date for Future Coalition Meetings
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Reducing Risk:
Understanding the
Adolescent Brain
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Professional Conference Information & Registration
- Wondering why teens and adults don’t see eye to eye?
- Searching for better strategies to protect adolescents?
- Looking for effective ways to prevents alcohol, tobacco & other drug use?
Flyer for Southwestern PA Conference Date—April 20, 2010 (PDF)
9 a.m.-3 p.m. @ Westmoreland County Community College
Flyer for All Conference Dates (PDF)
Register to attend a one day conference for school professionals including: counselors, SAP coordinators, administrators, health teachers, curriculum specialists; and for tobacco prevention and cessation specialists; community providers; student assistance program professionals; health professionals and other adolescent gatekeepers.
Attendees will receive a copy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) curriculum series: The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addiction and related evidenced based materials, as well as a copy of Pennsylvania’s 100% Tobacco Free Schools Toolkit. Included with the NIH curriculum is a CD Rom containing lesson plans and other materials for use in the classroom. |
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| Clean Indoor Air law |
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For information on the Clean Indoor Air law,
please visit:
Pennsylvania Department of Health
www.health.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Alliance to Control Tobacco
www.pactonline.org |
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| Tobacco Free SWPA Member Organizations |
Armstrong |
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Armstrong County Tobacco Free Coalition |
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Armstrong County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Armstrong-Indiana Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. |
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Beaver |
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The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Beaver County |
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Beaver County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Beaver County Behavioral Health
Drug and Alcohol Program |
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Butler |
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Tobacco Free Butler County |
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Butler County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Butler County Drug and Alcohol Program |
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Cambria |
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Tobacco Free Cambria County |
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Cambria County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Alternative Community Resource Program
Contact: Mary Schroyer,
814-536-1555 |
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Fayette |
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Tobacco Free Fayette County |
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Fayette County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. |
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Greene |
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Greene County Tobacco Control Program |
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Greene County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Greene County Human Services |
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Indiana |
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Indiana County Tobacco Free Coalition |
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Indiana County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Armstrong-Indiana Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. |
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Somerset |
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Tobacco Free Somerset County |
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Somerset County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Somerset Health Services, Inc. |
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Washington |
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Tobacco Free Program |
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Washington County School Resource Guide
Sponsoring Agency
Washington County Health Partners, Inc. |
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Westmoreland |
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Westmoreland Tobacco Free Coalition |
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Sponsoring Agency
Westmoreland Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. |
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