Smoke Free Air: Media and Policy Advocacy

Given the effectiveness of smoking bans in protecting the public from the health hazards of secondhand smoke and NC’s current law, which does not allow local smoking bans, the TPCB, along with many partners, has been involved in media and policy advocacy efforts aimed at providing protection from secondhand smoke through state or local smoking bans.

(Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all files are in PDF format and 100 kb or less.)

• NC Alliance for Health website
• NC Public Health Agreement on Critical Elements for Smoking Bans
• News Release on NC Health Director Dr. Leah Devlin’s call for Smoke-Free Workplaces
• Opinion piece written by Dr. Devlin - appeared in the Raleigh News and Observer on April 5, 2007
• Letter from Dr. Devlin (290 kb) - to all members of the NC General Assembly
• Talking points on a statewide smoking ban - delivered by Dr. Marcus Plescia, Chief of the Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Section, NC Division of Public Health

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