2009 High Impact Strategies and Activities for Statewide Smoke-Free Air Policy Implementation (Options to select from as of August 20, 2009 - Revised August 27, 2009)
Outreach and Education to Key Local and State Leaders - Conduct personal meetings or visits to provide education and resources to enforcement agencies regarding the process of statewide smoke-free air implementation
- Conduct presentations to educate members of local organizations or agencies, specifically focusing on those agencies who serve populations with tobacco-related disparities
- Write letters to policy makers, business leaders and other key audiences
- Share the implementation website, including the complaint form, with health departments and other key organizations for posting on their websites
- Promote implementation promotional materials with health departments and key organizations
- Educate local governments (i.e., City Councils, County Boards or Boards of Health)
- Hold community events supportive of implementation of statewide smoke-free air law
- Collaborate with UW-Surveillance and Evaluation to conduct a baseline air quality study in local communities
- Engage and involve youth in activities supportive of outreach and education to key local and state leaders (i.e. activities listed above)
- Engage and involve 18-24 year olds in activities supportive of outreach and education to key local and state leaders (i.e. activities listed above)
Identifying Supporters through Grassroots Activities with Education and Follow Up To Involve Individuals in Implementation Efforts - Promote involvement in tobacco control listservs and submit completed postcards and/or listings of supporters to state partners
- Update supporter lists including identifying key "grass tops" (leaders) and general volunteer membership. Submit supporter lists to TPCP Central Office utilizing the required template format.
- Conduct follow-up with supporters via mailings and phone calls
- Engage and involve youth in activities supportive of identifying supporters through grassroots activities, such as advocacy and activism activities
- Engage and involve 18-24 year olds in activities supportive of identifying supporters through grassroots activities, such as advocacy and activism activities
Media Advocacy Efforts Visit the
Media Resource Center for resources and tips
- Write and encourage submission of letters to the editor
- Conduct editorial board visits
- Hold press conferences or write press releases
Example: Press Release for business going smoke-free early
Media Tip: Writing a Press Release
Writing Tips: Press Release Checklist
- Provide updates to media on relevant reports, findings and information
- Organize guest columns to provide education
- Work with print and television reporters to develop feature stories focused on workplaces (bars, large businesses and high profile businesses) that went smoke-free in advance of July 5, 2010
Tips for Writing a Feature Story
Example: Feature Story for business going smoke-free early
- Conduct outreach for placement of relevant articles in small news outlets, newsletters, or community list-serves or other organizations' newsletters or publications
- Assist youth in planning and implementing media advocacy to support their policy-focused activism activities
- Collaborate with 18-24 year olds in planning and implementing media advocacy to support their policy-focused activism activities
Outreach and Education to Workplaces - Supply business materials to workplaces and respond to questions
- Provide tailored assistance to priority workplaces (bars, large businesses and high profile businesses) interested in going smoke-free in advance of July 5, 2010
- Engage and involve 18-24 year olds in activities related to outreach and education specific to bars
Build Community Support to Eliminate Tobacco Product Sampling - Monitor local business and community events for evidence/examples of new products and/or industry tobacco product sampling to be submitted to state partners
- Conduct assessment of city council support for policies to eliminate tobacco product sampling
- Conduct media advocacy activities as appropriate to highlight the tobacco product sampling issue in your community
- Engage and involve youth in activities to eliminate tobacco product sampling
- Engage and involve 18-24 year olds in activities to eliminate tobacco product sampling
