Knowledge is power.  Iowa Tobacco Prevention Alliance has compiled the essential facts and resources for tobacco control below.

• FACT SHEETS

 

The Facts about Secondhand Smoke


 

• Why Local Control?
  

 

• Passing a Local Resolution Is as Easy as 1-2-3

 

• Local Control Resolution

 

• Clearing the Air: The Facts About Ventilation

 

• Smokefree Policies: Good for Business

 

• Economic Impact Studies of Smokefree Policies

 

• MAPS

 

• Map of Statewide Smoke-free Laws

 

• Map of States with Preemption of Smokefree Air Laws

This color-coded map depicts which U.S. states have complete preemption, partial preemption, or no preemption from local smoking control laws. Source: Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights

 

• QUITLINE IOWA

 

2006 Iowa Adult Tobacco Survey, conducted by the Center for Social and Behavioral Research at the University of Northern Iowa, showed that 75% of adult tobacco users in Iowa would like to quit using tobacco completely.  Quitline Iowa was created to help them do just that.

Quitline Iowa is the state's smoking-cessation hotline for all Iowans.  Counselors are available from 8AM to 12PM seven days a week and free services are provided in many languages.  Callers receive guidance and support on quitting, referrals to local cessation services, information through the mail, and follow-up calls to assist in efforts to quit.  

        In the first week after the $1 increase to Iowa's tobacco tax, calls to Quitline Iowa doubled.   This resource is free and it works. In fact, using resources such as these can double a person's chances of successfully quitting.

 

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• Call Quitline Iowa at 1-800-QUIT-NOW ( 1-800-784-8669).  Services for those with hearing impairment may be accessed at TDD 1-866-822-2857.

 

• Just Eliminate Lies (JEL)

  JEL is Iowa's youth movement dedicated to giving Iowa teens the true, unfiltered facts about Big Tobacco's lies, fighting against their constant attempts to addict youth, and changing people's attitudes about tobacco use..