Yavapai
Tobacco-Free PartnershipYavapai
Tobacco-Free Partnership
| 7501 E. Civic Circle, Suite 436 | 10 S. 6th St., Bldg C |
| Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 | Cottonwood, AZ 86326 |
| 520-771-3377 | 520-639-8130 |
The Yavapai Tobacco-Free
Partnership is a community coalition of local agencies, businesses, and
individuals working to reduce tobacco dependence and secondhand smoke exposure
among Yavapai County residents through prevention, education, and cessation
programs. About Us: Tobacco use kills more people every year than
alcohol abuse, homicide, suicide, illegal drugs, car accidents, fires, and AIDS combined.
It is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, Arizona,
and Yavapai County. Clearly, tobacco use represents one of the largest
threats to public health of our time. With the passage of Proposition 200 in 1994,
which added a tax on tobacco products sold in Arizona, there are
resources available to all counties in the state for tobacco education. As
a result, the Yavapai Tobacco-Free Partnership was formed in 1995 to implement a
comprehensive tobacco prevention and cessation program in Yavapai County. Services Provided: - Tobacco cessation services
to youth, adults, and pregnant women. - Classroom instruction to
students in grades four through nine. - Training youth to educate
their peers about tobacco. - Community prevention and
education events throughout Yavapai County. - Training health care
providers and community members to conduct brief cessation interventions with
tobacco users. - Initiating organizational
policies and procedures in schools, health care agencies, and workplaces
throughout the county which reflect current state and national tobacco control
objectives. - Promoting tobacco-free
homes, schools, workplaces, restaurants and public places. - Ensuring stores do not sell
tobacco to minors through the "Merchant Education" program. - Reducing tobacco advertising
aimed at youth through "Operation Storefront." How Can You Help: - Join the coalition and help determine activities of
the Yavapai Tobacco-Free Partnership. - Facilitate teen tobacco
cessation groups. - Help with teen action
groups. - Tell youth about your
negative experience with tobacco. - If you're a teenager, join a
youth action group at your school. Please contact us if you want to help or need more information about our program.
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