Tobacco Education Programs
Illinois Smoke-Free Restaurant Recognition Program was designed to identify and recognize those restaurants in the county that have made the decision to be smoke-free. This program, over time, may serve to educate the public about the dangers of second-hand smoke, and correct the perception that restaurant owners would lose money. At the present time there are ten restaurants in the county recognized for being smoke-free. They are Jemini Coffee House & Bookstore, Classic Pizza & Pasta, Taco Tierra, McDonalds, Buehler's Buy Low, DiMaggio's Pizza, Steaks & Pasta, Cisne Citgo Knapp Mart, Subway, Smith Brother's Surplus, and Dairy Queen Brazier. This program is ongoing as more and more restaurants make the choice to become smoke-free. More...
Make Yours A Fresh Start Family is a program that is targeted towards pregnant, postpartum, lactating W.I.C. and Family Case Management Clients, and Family Planning Program Clients. The program’s objectives are to increase smoking cessation attempts by adult smokers, and increase smoking cessation during pregnancy.
Freedom From Smoking® Group Clinic Program is an 8-session group program led by experts who understand why you smoke. The program uses a positive behavior-change approach that teaches you how to become a nonsmoker for good. You'll get special attention in developing your own quitting plan, dealing with recovery symptoms, controlling weight, managing stress through relaxation techniques that work, and being ready to fight those urges to go back to smoking. For many smokers, especially those who have tried to quit before, group support can make the difference in helping to stay smoke-free.
A new class starts the first Monday of each month.
Class time is 5:30 p.m. at the Wayne County Health Department.
Pre-registration is required. Please call 842-5166.
NEED HELP QUITTING?
Illinois Tobacco Quitline
Illinois Department of Public Health
1-866-QUIT-YES "1-866-784-8937"
Illinois Tobacco Free Communities Grant
Tobacco Education and Cessation Programs in Wayne County are brought to you through the Illinois Tobacco Free Communities Grant.
Smoking Fast Facts
At least 4.5 million adolescents are current smokers.
People who begin smoking at an early age are more likely to develop severe levels of nicotine addiction than those who start at a later age.
Tobacco use primarily begins in early adolescence, typically by age 16; almost all first use occurs before the time of high school graduation. Nicotine is an addictive drug, which when inhaled in cigarette smoke reaches the brain faster than drugs that enter the body intravenously. Smokers become now only physically addicted to nicotine; they also link smoking with many social activities, making smoking a difficult habit to break.
Approximately 22.3 million American women are smokers. Current female smokers aged 35 years old or older are 12 times for likely to die prematurely from lung cancer than nonsmoking females. More American women die annually from lung cancer than any other type of cancer.
Tobacco advertising plays an important role in encouraging young people to begin a lifelong addiction to smoking before they are old enough to fully understand its long-term health risk.
It is estimated that 4.5 million U.S. teenagers are cigarette smokers; 22.4 percent of high school seniors smoke on a daily basis, and approximately 90 percent of smokers begin smoking before the age of 21.
Employers have a legal right to restrict smoking in the workplace, or implement a totally smoke-free workplace policy.
Tobacco Education Programs
Illinois Smoke-Free Restaurant Recognition Program
was designed to identify and recognize those restaurants in the county that have made the decision to be a smoke-free. This program, over time, may serve to educate the public about the dangers of second-hand smoke, and correct the perception that restaurant owners would lose money. At the present time there are six restaurants in the county recognized for being smoke-free. This program is ongoing as more and more restaurants made the choice to become smoke-free.
Make Yours A Fresh Start Family
is a program that is targeted towards pregnant, postpartum, lactating W.I.C. and Family Case Management Clients, and Family Planning Program Clients. The program’s objectives are to increase smoking cessation attempts by adult smokers, and increase smoking cessation during pregnancy.
The "Smoke Free -- That’s Me"
program is an educational, smoking prevention program designed for 2nd, 4th, and 6th grade students. The program is a 50-minute presentation that consists of discussions on lung health, peer pressure, advertising, and various other issues related to the hazards of using tobacco products.
Freedom From Smoking® Group Clinic Program
is an 8-session group program led by experts who understand why you smoke. The program uses a positive behavior-change approach that teaches you how to become a nonsmoker for good. You'll get special attention in developing your own quitting plan, dealing with recovery symptoms, controlling weight, managing stress through relaxation techniques that work, and being ready to fight those urges to go back to smoking. For many smokers, especially those who have tried to quit before, group support can make the difference in helping to stay smoke-free.
New Coalition
Carole Roberts
(School Nurse)
1 Fox Lane
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Fred Vallowe
(High school teacher)
1 Fox Lane
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Heather Greenwalt
Legislative Aide to John O. Jones
2929 Broadway
Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Janice Crowe
Family Resource Center
S. Silas St.
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Krystal Donelson
(School board)
RR#1
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Greg Brenner (Sheriff)
RR#5 Box 214
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Debra McKinney
(Hospital)
401 N. Washington St.
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Danielle Morlan
(High school student)
401 N. Washington St.
McLeansboro, IL 62859
