Summit Prevention Alliance

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Tobacco Education, Prevention, and Cessation

QuitLineLogoTobacco education, prevention, and cessation efforts include the following:

  • Providing support and technical assistance to other organizations in the community working on tobacco control (Family Intercultural Resource Center, Summit School District and Mountain Mentors)
  • Advertising cessation resources (1-800-QuitLine and www.coquitnet.org) and promoting smoke-free autos and homes through marketing campaigns and material dissemination at special events
  • Coordination of the Summit County Tobacco Coalition
  • Providing cessation resources to physicians, dentists, clinics, schools, businesses and local organizations for their clients, students and employees
  • Educating and training local childcare and family providers on secondhand smoke
  • Providing child care providers, physicians, WIC and family providers with secondhand smoke resources
  • Researching and developing best practices to reach disparate populations, including Latinos
  • Offering technical assistance to schools and other businesses relating to policies that promote tobacco-free environments and campuses
  • Educating tobacco retailers on tobacco laws and checking ID’s through speaking engagements and material dissemination to reduce tobacco sales to minors
120 South 4th Ave
P.O. Box 2565
Frisco, CO 80443
Phone:970-668-2077
Fax:970-668-1737