2/1/07
For Immediate Release: Contact Lee Rutledge-Falcione, (724) 222-6511, Ext. 16

Updated Smoke-free Dining Guide Now Available

 With Valentines’ Day in February, many people will observe the event by dining out with a loved one. The Tobacco Free Program of Washington County Health Partners (WCHP) recommends that everyone dines out in smoke-free restaurants.

To help, The Tobacco Free Program has a newly updated Smoke-free Dining Guide, with a listing of all the smoke-free restaurants in Washington County. Call WCHP toll-free at 1-866-904-FREE (3733) to obtain a free copy of the guide or click here to view the web version.

Celebrate Valentines’ Day by dining in a smoke-free environment safe from the health hazards of secondhand smoke. If not for you, then 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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