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For Immediate Release: Contact Lee Rutledge-Falcione, (724) 222-6511, Ext. 16

Stay Smoke Free for Your Health

Washington County Health Partners (WCHP) can help you stay smoke free with its Smoke-free Home and Vehicle Pledge Kit or, if you have an infant less than 18 months of age, ask for a New Baby Smoke-free Home and Vehicle Pledge Kit.

To register for a smoke-free kit, call WCHP toll-free at 1-866-904-FREE (3733), or click here to download an electronic copy of the kit registration forms.

The Smoke-free Pledge Kits contain information and materials to help keep your home and vehicle free from the dangers of secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is estimated to claim the lives of 3,000 Pennsylvanians per year. Register for a kit today. If not for yourself, then do it for those you love. Funding is provided by the PA Department of Health.

Tobacco Free Program
Washington County Health Partners, Inc. (WCHP) was named by the Pennsylvania Department of Health as the primary contractor to continue to establish community-based, comprehensive tobacco use prevention and cessation programs for Washington County between May 2005 and June 2007. The Tobacco Free Program has carefully addressed each of the contract deliverables through 7 program areas: 

¨        Ask and Advise helps health care professionals to identify and help Tobacco Users to quit. 

¨        Clear the Air increases the number of smoke-free environments. 

¨        Do Your Part supports local law enforcement and the business community in prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors.

¨        Help to Quit promotes local, phone, and internet-based tobacco cessation programs.

¨        Knowledge in Action facilitates the exchange of tobacco control-related information between experts, advocates, and lawmakers. 

¨        Set Them Free works with school-related audiences to implement tobacco-free programs.

¨        Peer Factor (BUSTED!) creates an active youth movement that participates in one or more of the Peer Factor challenges: to expose the truth about manipulative and deceptive marketing practices used to target teens, quit or help others quit using tobacco, and/or work to increase tobacco-free environments. 

For more information, contact the Tobacco Free Program at:
724-222-6511, toll free 1-866-904-FREE (3733), or info@tobaccofreewashington.org.

Washington County Health Partners, Inc.
Incorporated in 2000, Washington County Health Partners, Inc. (WCHP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the enhancement of the health and well-being of Washington County residents.  Recognized as a State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Community Health Partnership by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, WCHP performs periodic community health assessments to identify county health issues. 

WCHP provides a forum through its volunteer-led, collaborative task forces for health and human service agencies, businesses, local government, schools and colleges, the faith community, civic organizations, community volunteers, and law enforcement to combine expertise and resources to address health issues, including access to health insurance, community wellness, minority health, nutrition, respiratory health, teen wellness, and tobacco free initiatives.

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